2024 EMILIA-ROMAGNA Grand Prix - Practice & Qualifying Thread

[tifosi1993]

Oh well, we tried

[stefa]

Such an anticlimax

[Aviamata]

That's it , the Q3/S1 curse again !

[tifosi1993]

P4 and P5

[drax]

What a cold dose of reality… hopefully we have a better race car

[patrese86]

Here's hoping we have set the car up for Tomorrow.

Max is a freak by the way

[stefa]

Exactly! RB and MV are another league

[Kyss4k]

Huge disappointment for me... Slower than both Red Bull and McLaren even through our huge upgrade. Well I dared to believe...

[jgonzalesm6]

Max trying so hard to get that RB20 work , it's like he is back to his 2020 form

You sure about that?

[Aviamata]

It suck because as with F2 race before , this track is not easy to overtake

[tifosi1993]

Lost everything in the first sector. 2-3 tenths slower there

[elnano14]

Once again what the hell happened to our Q3 pace again, too many time this season we bottled our Q3
3 tenths down in sector 1 alone is too much

[Aviamata]

You sure about that?

This weekend is not for this car

[tifosi1993]

Piastri will definitely get a grid penality. So he will start from P5.

[Toothlessrage*]

Man, how cruel for Ferrari!
FECK!!

[jgonzalesm6]

This weekend is not for this car

Doesn't Perez have the same car?

[PURE PASSION]

So after all the upgrades from all teams , we are clearly 3d fastest. Not saying it lighthearted. The picture saw us that McLs package was better ,and they pass us on performance.

[Aviamata]

Doesn't Perez have the same car?

Yes this car don't work well this weekend and that's why Perez is out of Q3 , Verstappen is basicly out-perform this car

[Aziz]

Lost everything in the first sector. 2-3 tenths slower there

The car is just dragy

[elnano14]

Need to hear what Charles and Fred will say about this
In Q1 we were neck to neck with Max on MEDIUMS
In Q2 Charles was 1st before failing to improve on his 2nd flying lap
In Q3 we were faster than Max in sector 2 + 3, but down 3 tenths in sector 1, and could barely improve on 2nd flying lap, Charles had 2 yellow sectors

[Aviamata]

Need to hear what Charles and Fred will say about this
In Q1 we were neck to neck with Max on MEDIUMS
In Q2 Charles was 1st before failing to improve on his 2nd flying lap
In Q3 we were faster than Max in sector 2 + 3, but down 3 tenths in sector 1, and could barely improve on 2nd flying lap, Charles had 2 yellow sectors

Same story all over again this season when we have some hope for pole , this is like a curse

[racingbradley]

It's not all over yet. If the RB has a weakness it will show in the race. Those pesky McLarens are a pain. Hope we have a quick race car. It's all to play for still.

[jgonzalesm6]

Need to hear what Charles and Fred will say about this
In Q1 we were neck to neck with Max on MEDIUMS
In Q2 Charles was 1st before failing to improve on his 2nd flying lap
In Q3 we were faster than Max in sector 2 + 3, but down 3 tenths in sector 1, and could barely improve on 2nd flying lap, Charles had 2 yellow sectors

The temps dropped 5 degrees on the track in Q3. It's possible the SF24 couldn't get the heat in the tires in Q3?

[jgonzalesm6]

It's not all over yet. If the RB has a weakness it will show in the race. Those pesky McLarens are a pain. Hope we have a quick race car. It's all to play for still.

If it rains tomorrow, the race becomes somewhat of a lottery then.

[BAT340]

Get those Mercedes engineers and quick, because these clowns aren't cutting it. The last two weeks all we've heard about are the upgrades.... Well....Kiss my @$$! Only thing upgraded is that we are definitely the third best team, and McClaren are second. Wake me when this nightmare ends. 17 years, and counting.......

[Aviamata]

charles said to canal+ that he believes the other teams weren't pushing all weekend but that ferrari was. and he also said that they normally have better sundays, so focus is for tomorrow

[tifosi1993]

Yeah, let the doom and gloom commence and let us prematurely proclaim Ferrari's downfall....

The upgrades work and the car is better than before. Improvement on traction is massive and overall the balance is solid.

Expecting a solid race from Ferrari, as long as Charles keeps his position after the start.

And I'm extremely happy with Bozzi, finally a proper race engineer for Charles.

[jgonzalesm6]

I think the media over-hyped Ferrari's upgrades. Some said the upgrades were good for 4 tenths.

Leclerc on the other hand took a cautious approach to the upgrades....I like that about Leclerc.

[drax]

Meh... being level headed ... first race with the upgrades probably still fine tuning the car, additionally we don't know if the car was more setup for the race or quali, and this year we seem to have a much better race car than a qually car.

Let's see how it goes tomorrow, although its quite hard to pass on this track.

[TTRSMAD]

This was supposed to be a Mclaren race track and Verstappen got a huge tow on his last Q3 lap. Will see our race pace tomorrow. I like our chances in the race, should be good fun to watch. The car is well improved and in the race is going to show.