2023 Bahrain Grand Prix - Buildup, Practice & Qualifying Thread

[faloupas]

Car looks a bit difficult to drive...

[stasera]

Xavi says: Charles was faster than Alonso on the mediums.

[FerrariF60]

When there’s smoke there’s fire. A fast team/car is fast right out of the box. This is starting to look like another disaster year. How long until ferrari abandons 23 for 24?

The SF 23, one last middle finger from Binotto on his way out?

Exactly...the car looked like a handful to drive ever since the 3 days of testing
I hope it’s not a fundamental error in the car and just a matter of finding that sweet set up spot

[FerrariF60]

Xavi says: Charles was faster than Alonso on the mediums.

Wow, so now we’re fighting Aston Martin?? I thought the target was the championship this year

[stasera]

Wow, so now we’re fighting Aston Martin?? I thought the target was the championship this year

everyone thinks that we are behind RB including our drivers
and aston looks kinda strong

[ferrari1.8t]

Xavi says: Charles was faster than Alonso on the mediums.

Something to celebrate? RedBull is the bar, not Aston.

[stasera]

Something to celebrate? RedBull is the bar, not Aston.

dude im not celebrating anything, i put what xavi said

[faloupas]

Ok a few tenths behind give us some hope,
But being a second behind is another lost year...

[faloupas]

Ok a few tenths behind give us some hope,
But being a second behind is another lost year...

[FerrariF60]

dude im not celebrating anything, i put what xavi said

Another season lost, time to concentrate on 2024

[FerrariF60]

dude im not celebrating anything, i put what xavi said

Another season lost, time to concentrate on 2024

[ferrari1.8t]

dude im not celebrating anything, i put what xavi said

I know, it was directed at Ferrari, not you. These morons are going to be 5-6 if they are lucky and will celebrate it. Saniz already quoted saying the season is long even if we don’t start strong. These guys are going to pull the plug in a hurry.

[stasera]

I know, it was directed at Ferrari, not you. These morons are going to be 5-6 if they are lucky and will celebrate it. Saniz already quoted saying the season is long even if we don’t start strong. These guys are going to pull the plug in a hurry.

i hope we dont find ourselves by fighting for second place with aston during the season

[faloupas]

Charles with two pylons on rear wing again...

[ferrari1.8t]

i hope we dont find ourselves by fighting for second place with sAton

I’ll save my doom and gloom for Q3. But it’s not looking good and I’m not confident right now. We may be fighting Aston and Merc….Let’s see if Ferrari can find the right set up or if the car is just internally flawed.

[FerrariF60]

i hope we dont find ourselves by fighting for second place with aston during the season

All the signs are there so far, unless Ferrari fixes whatever issues they have quick

[elnano14]

There are still some performance on the car, Charles's medium time was very competitive, only 1.4s behind Perez on softs, who improved nearly 2s when switched from mediums
But the car is still difficult to drive and very unstable, it looks like a diva

[elnano14]

There are still some performance on the car, Charles's medium time was very competitive, only 1.4s behind Perez on softs, who improved nearly 2s when switched from mediums
But the car is still difficult to drive and very unstable, it looks like a diva

[stasera]

There are still some performance on the car, Charles's medium time was very competitive, only 1.4s behind Perez on softs, who improved nearly 2s when switched from mediums
But the car is still difficult to drive and very unstable, it looks like a diva

in the tests, Perez hit 1:30:2 on softs


Charles said something which was unclear…

Then Xavi said ‘copy we’ve seen it, trying to understand what happened there.’

[stasera]

lets wait for practice 2

we still have time to fix our problems

[330 p4]

in the tests, Perez hit 1:30:2 on softs


Charles said something which was unclear…

Then Xavi said ‘copy we’ve seen it, trying to understand what happened there.’

Soft in the tests was softer than softs here. C3 is soft here, that was medium in the tests, fastest laps were on C4 and C5 in tests and those tyres are not available this weekend. So did Ferrari have the fastest medium tyre run this session?

[FerrariF60]

I’ll save my doom and gloom for Q3. But it’s not looking good and I’m not confident right now. We may be fighting Aston and Merc….Let’s see if Ferrari can find the right set up or if the car is just internally flawed.

I’m with you on the doom and gloom mate my fellow Canuck...we’ll see what we’ll manage to do in Q3 and if bad, let the DOOM AND GLOOM BEGIN

[patrese86]

I'll reserve judgement till quali and race. Granted the noises coming out aren't massively encouraging but we still seem to be going through many different setups and levels of understanding which isn't ideal so close to the season opener

[stasera]

Soft in the tests was softer than softs here. C3 is soft here, that was medium in the tests, fastest laps were on C4 and C5 in tests and those tyres are not available this weekend. So did Ferrari have the fastest medium tyre run this session?

yes you are right, i lost the tyre point.

there is nothing wrong with our lap times. we don't practice like the other teams. we are still in the process of testing.

our lap times indicate long-run times. i think its kinda quick.

our problem is we have some problems with the balance of the car. but lucky we have enough time to find the optimal balance for the cars.

[tifosi1993]

***Engine is turned down massively on all Ferrari powered cars. More than 15-20 kmh slower than last week's testing, on the straight.
*** Charles's time on mediums is quite good. Sector 1 and 3 are heavily dictated by engine power. But he's only 6 tenths slower the Perez in Sector 2. And he wasn't even pushing.

[elnano14]

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***Engine is turned down massively on all Ferrari powered cars. More than 15-20 kmh slower than last week's testing, on the straight.
*** Charles's time on mediums is quite good. Sector 1 and 3 are heavily dictated by engine power. But he's only 6 tenths slower the Perez in Sector 2. And he wasn't even pushing.

Are we still concerning about the reliability of engine after all this time again ?

[nani_s23]

Guys calm down.
Aston Martin did their run on low fuel compared to RB/Merc & Ferrari. They are ahead of midfield that’s sure.
But not a competitor to above 3 teams. So don’t worry.

[ferrari1.8t]

Are we still concerning about the reliability of engine after all this time again ?

Reliability? Or sandbags? Maybe we know our engine is strong so we have been only focusing on race pace? One can dream…

[JChan]

Guys calm down.
Aston Martin did their run on low fuel compared to RB/Merc & Ferrari. They are ahead of midfield that’s sure.
But not a competitor to above 3 teams. So don’t worry.

Also 1-3rd runs on soft, CL on med

[aroutis]

Are we still concerning about the reliability of engine after all this time again ?

I seriously doubt it.
I believe this is a case of sandbagging. But we'll see very soon.