2025 Bahrain Grand Prix - Practice & Qualifying Thread

[elnano14]

Let see what the upgrades will bring for us

So far in FP1 it hasn't looked good...

[PURE PASSION]

Still early , but not looks like the car transformed with the updates. Still a bit tricky to drive it and a bit hard to rotate.
Lets see how things will unfold

[FerrariF60]

yeah, it was still FP1 and NOT relevant to the conditions we'll have in quali and race as it will be a bit cooler.
but we'll see how Lewis and charles will do in FP2 and take some conclusions from that

but most importantly we'll see how we'll be in Q3 when it will matter most.

[FerrariF60]

so let's see what we can extract from the BIG update in FP2
i;m not even cautiously optimistic anymore. i've lost that optimizm LONG time ago

so expect the worst and hope for the better??

[Rishu]

Is Charles also running the latest floor?

[FerrariF60]

Is Charles also running latest floor?

i don't know if both drivers have the new bits....maybe charles is running the old stuff to have a direct comparison. who knows.

[FerrariF60]

where is williams finding all that pace?? running on FUMES maybe??

[FerrariF60]

and there goes the mclaren with the flimzy/floppy wings...fastest of all by a big margin...:(

[FerrariF60]

i really hope we're running on half tanks of fuel, cause otherwise it's not looking good ATM

[PURE PASSION]

Lec 2nd lap was on used i think .
still nothing special.
Always on the wait , to see IF the team will unfold any performance.

[Aziz]

i really hope we're running on half tanks of fuel, cause otherwise it's not looking good ATM

Me as well, but i don't think so

[FerrariF60]

Me as well, but i don't think so

sadly i think you're right; so this IS our pace then....great

[Aziz]

sadly i think you're right; so this IS our pace then....great

Ham last lap was good until he made two mistakes in S3.
There is pace, but the car is extremely hard to drive

[Rishu]

Mclaren pace is so depressing

[PURE PASSION]

As it looks right now , we might end up 2nd team , but quite behind McL.
Till now (i say ultil now not a conclusion ) looks like the upgrades doesnt give us much
we look to have committed to qualy pace , and still 0.5+ behind

[FerrariF60]

I hate Mclaren

and russel.....lol
hopefully by spain mclaren's wings will be chopped off....otherwise for now they look untouchable

[tifosi1993]

If anyone here really thinks that Ferrari is capable of delivering an upgrade that will propel them to the top or at least put them on the safe ballpark with the McLaren, then they are simply not following this team for long.

[jgonzalesm6]

Ferrari did bring [cough] [cough] upgrades to this track yes?

[FerrariF60]

As it looks right now , we might end up 2nd team , but quite behind McL.
Till now (i say ultil now not a conclusion ) looks like the upgrades doesnt give us much

yeah, to me it still looks the car is hard to drive still....a bit better but not by much
so all these big upgrades and we're still pretty slow and struggling

[FerrariF60]

If anyone here really thinks that Ferrari is capable of delivering an upgrade that will propel them to the top or at least put them on the safe ballpark with the McLaren, then they are simply not following this team for long.

this...i totally agreee
i'm on of those people that don't believe it....my motto is: "i'll believe it when i see it"....i Ferrari's case, when pigs fly....LOL

[FerrariF60]

Ferrari did bring [cough] [cough] upgrades to this track yes?

supposedly BIG upgrades....or should we call them DOWNGRADES as usual

[nani_s23]

If anyone here really thinks that Ferrari is capable of delivering an upgrade that will propel them to the top or at least put them on the safe ballpark with the McLaren, then they are simply not following this team for long.

Yup. Since 2009 they are always on the chasing side. Never been on top to dictate the pace for a complete season.
Never seen such upgrade from them which something similar to McLaren-Miami 2024.

[nani_s23]

That middle sector from McLaren is absolute crazy. Shows how strong is the front end & they are able to keep the grip & tyres alive.

[FerrariF60]

these are the ferrari downgrades they've brought for this race

ferrari upgrades.PNG

[PURE PASSION]

Trying to watch race race but its abit tricky with different tires and different tire age.
As much as i could see , i think that Lec looked fastest no mediums vs Rus /Nor on softs. HAm on softs was more or less there( with rus-nor)
And then Pias came with softs (new?) after he started on hards and he is by far the fastest , but i would say unusual fast , so dont know how he was running .
But i might have mis read all this !!

[tifosi1993]

Yup. Since 2009 they are always on the chasing side. Never been on top to dictate the pace for a complete season.
Never seen such upgrade from them which something similar to McLaren-Miami 2024.

Just waiting for our resident connoisseur to show up and rate our posts. And then post outlandish theories like front pullrod giving 1 second lap time gain or lowering the ride height giving 5 tenths and yada yada yada

[FerrariF60]

Just waiting for our resident connoisseur to show up and rate our posts. And then post outlandish theories like front pullrod giving 1 second lap time gain or lowering the ride height giving 5 tenths and yada yada yada

you mean Greig???? lmao

he's prolly crying and NOT believing his eyes how "good" Ferrari look....again lmao

[tifosi1993]

McLaren is the complete package. They are just fast everywhere, with the middle sector being their strongest one.

To beat them, it would take another superhuman effort, like Max did a race ago.

[tifosi1993]

you mean Greig???? lmao

he's prolly crying and NOT believing his eyes how "good" Ferrari look....again lmao

Nah, not Greig.

[FerrariF60]

McLaren is the complete package. They are just fast everywhere, with the middle sector being their strongest one.

To beat them, it would take another superhuman effort, like Max did a race ago.

they are BLISTERING fast thr0ugh that middle sector....and somehow i doubt their wings will be clipped....once the TD will be enforced come Spain....even if they will get say hampered a little bit, by then they'll have such a big lead in WCC that will be hard for US or any other team to recover.