2023 Spanish Grand Prix - Race Thread

[WS6TransAm01]

Er, our washing machine is a German-designed Bosch. It would lap quicker than LEC today!

As would my Samsung LOL

[stefa]

It does seem to have improved just not as much as we want with such big visual changes. Before RB ran away and Merc and Aston ate Ferrari up in the race. With upgrades looks like Aston no longer eat Ferrari up in the race.

Great! Ferrari succeeded to beat Aston Martin. What an accomplishment!

[Nick Singer]

And SAI...

Absolute abject failure.

[JacKy]

Sainz lapping 1.5 sec slower than hamilton with only 10 laps old mediums

This is horrible

[stefa]

Er, our washing machine is a German-designed Bosch. It would lap quicker than LEC today!

Mine too! German! DIE BESTE!!!

[Nick Singer]

Can't believe LEC won't need to pit again. Suspect he could finish in bottom 5. Laughable performance from car and team.

[tifosi1993]

Charles having a very low degradation, 20 laps on softs and now lapping faster than Gasly

[Kyss4k]

We developped our car into a propper midfield team again. 75 team principals changed, 178956 engineers replaced, still the same outcome. Looks like the 2000s were just a fluke.

[JacKy]

Sainz : Find a way to beat Perez.

Team : There is no way darling.

[Aviamata]

John Elkan and the top leader should thinking once more about this team lol . Full of amateur in a professional sport

[drax]

Charles is now gaining time on Gasly, the car seems to hate the hards

[Nick Singer]

Charles having a very low degradation, 20 laps on softs and now lapping faster than Gasly

Maybe there's a plan! It would be a surprise though...

[Greig]

We developped our car into a propper midfield team again. 75 team principals changed, 178956 engineers replaced, still the same outcome. Looks like the 2000s were just a fluke.

If you look at Ferrari's history then the MS era was a blip without a doubt, but people still seem surprised we don't win every year. Competition is much stronger now also I would say.

[WS6TransAm01]

We don’t need to win every year, but once in a decade and a flippin’ half would be nice.

[JacKy]

Verstappen- Hamilton / 15 Second after 40 laps
Hamilton - Sainz / 15 Secons after 10 laps

[tifosi1993]

Too bad our best driver had a bad day yesterday, cause his tyre degradation and lap times are miles better than Sainz's.

[Greig]

Sainz pits for hards.

[Greig]

Charles puts for hards...

[tifosi1993]

Charles 1:20.066 at the beginning of the stint, does a 1:20.219 on a 24 laps old softs.

[Nick Singer]

Hards! Give me strength...

[tifosi1993]

Charles puts for hards...

And he told them go for softs....this team....

[WS6TransAm01]

Charles lapped, I believe.

[drax]

Hards now .. I give up I honestly don’t understand this strategy

[ferrari1.8t]

Another race to forget.

[patrese86]

This isn't good enough

[Cheeseman]

The hard tyres not great then. Max moaning about them. No wonder Charles ditched them after 16 laps

[WS6TransAm01]

Everyone knows how to upgrade a car EXCEPT Ferrari.

What in the world is happening at that factory?

[Kyss4k]

If you look at Ferrari's history then the MS era was a blip without a doubt, but people still seem surprised we don't win every year. Competition is much stronger now also I would say.

Sure. Other big teams are able to dominate though. I and probably others believed we are somehow a special team... a competent team. Yet we are the only one from the biggest teams that didn't dominate the rule changes or at least won a season in almost 2 decades. That's not normal... kinda reminds me of Toyota F1 fiasco.

[tifosi1993]

Leclerc specifically told them to pit him for softs, his times and degradation was as good as the Merc. But they put him on hards.

I'm losing my faith on Fred as well. It seems Ferrari still doing pre-race strategies rather than listening to the drivers.

[stefa]

We don’t need to win every year, but once in a decade and a flippin’ half would be nice.

THIS!!!!!! THANK YOU!!!!