2023 Australian Grand Prix - Buildup, Practice & Qualifying Thread

[tifosi1993]

Perez out of qualifying. So one pesky RB is out of the way.

[tifosi1993]

Perez, Bottas, Sargent, Zhou and Piastri are out of Q1

[patrese86]

Charles struggling during that Q1

[gump1480]

Well that wasn't a very inspiring Q1 for us. Car looks very slow

[elnano14]

Looks like we're closer to Alpine than we're closer to Mercedes lol
Clearly a distant P4 team

[elnano14]

Upgrade my , improvement my
This car is just a mess

[elnano14]

We're slower than last year
Amazing

[gump1480]

Pathetic is S3...which was our strength last year.

[tifosi1993]

De Vries, Magnussen, Norris, Tsunoda and Ocon are out of Q2

[tifosi1993]

Pathetic is S3...which was our strength last year.

32.829 (fastest) vs 32.951. Hardly pathetic.

[stefa]

Someone said 2nd row yesterday

[tifosi1993]

Not a great qualifying. The Mercedes seems getting better.

[patrese86]

Now 4th fastest in qualy lol

[elnano14]

Slower than both Mercedes + Aston
+0.5s in a short - fast track
Great

[ferrari1.8t]

Disaster. 4th fastest car confirmed.

[gump1480]

Clearly 4th fastest car. Lost the Saturday pace too....wow

[tifosi1993]

Hmmm, the car can't switch on its tyres in low temp and eats it up during the race.

To me, the problem is fundamental. I'm not sure any upgrades will fix this. Also it's not that Ferrari is known for great in season development.

[paolo lalli]

Sos upgrades required urgently.

[tifosi1993]

Slower than both Mercedes + Aston
+0.5s in a short - fast track
Great

Mercedes is a big worry for me. They are not happy with their concept and going on to different route with the development, and yet the car is performing quite well.

Ferrari on the other hand talk about great "potentials" of their concept, and yet the car is getting worse.

[brucewayne]

So where is the rain? I only see Ferrari tears... How does Xavi still has a job? What are they doing at the pit wall?

4th fastest car, and this is only Qualy, our strength. Long season ahead, maybe it's time to start preparing for 2025 or whatever.

[guro]

first time since 1995 i have no will at all to watch f1...
I was more excited during the seasons 20-21...

[tifosi1993]

So where is the rain? What are they doing at the pit wall?

4th fastest car, and this is only Qualy, our strength. Long season ahead, maybe it's time to start preparing for 2025 or whatever.

For that they need to get out of Maranello and have their main F1 base in the UK. But the Italian pride thing is more important to them, so I guess being the 4th fastest team doesn't matter much to them.

[nani_s23]

Hmmm, the car can't switch on its tyres in low temp and eats it up during the race.

To me, the problem is fundamental. I'm not sure any upgrades will fix this. Also it's not that Ferrari is known for great in season development.

Yup… I take back my statement “this car has lot of potential”. Car doesn’t work in Rain/Low temp/dry etc.

Thanks to Mattia Binotto. Ego/Politics in ferrari running their chances in F1. I don’t see any immediate fix or even long term fix for this. Wasting Talents (Alonso/Leclerc).

[tifosi1993]

Yup… I take back my statement “this car has lot of potential”. Car doesn’t work in Rain/Low temp/dry etc.

Thanks to Mattia Binotto. Ego/Politics in ferrari running their chances in F1. I don’t see any immediate fix or even long term fix for this. Wasting Talents (Alonso/Leclerc).

Just compare the team structure of RB and Mercedes, even AM, with Ferrari. Is it really that surprising why they are failing every year?

[elnano14]

I want to see the top speed of the cars
So much about a rocket engine and we're losing 0.5s in a track with mainly straights lol

[tifosi1993]

I think our engine being the "best" is just a myth tbh. Nothing suggests it being better than the Honda or Mercedes.

A car with engine advantage will never be slower on the straights than its competitors.

[brucewayne]

Just compare the team structure of RB and Mercedes, even AM, with Ferrari. Is it really that surprising why they are failing every year?

It seems like the main focus with Ferrari is the stock price and shareholder value. F1 is just a marketing place to show off the history of the brand, collecting participation trophies in the meantime.

[tifosi1993]

Mercedes had a pretty horrid season last year with only two poles and one win. This year they again tried their zero pod concept. But they are not happy with it so instead of finger pointing, head chopping and infighting, they are simply changing their approach and going for a similar but albeit different concept.

That is the mark of a healthy team atmosphere. Something Ferrari lacks and will never have.

[nani_s23]

The car which dominated last year with a thumping win at this track, is at P7.

I don’t know when do ferrari realise all these. They built their CFD tunnel & Said the bench results are positive.

Come testing, they don’t push their engines/tyres & do a walk in the park. When the real game begins, they find themselves in such situation year after year.

[brucewayne]

The car which dominated last year with a thumping win at this track, is at P7.

I don’t know when do ferrari realise all these. They built their CFD tunnel & Said on the bench results are positive.

Come testing, they don’t push their engines/tyres & do a walk in the park. When the real game begins, they find themselves in such situation year after year.

A lost season, again.