2025 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix - Practice & Qualifying Thread

[FerrariF60]

Here we go, another F1 Grand Prix weekend
Let’s hope the team can build on the positive weekend and pace we had last race
McLaren will prolly still be the team to beat, but hopefully for now we can be the clear second team; I know second is not what Ferrari is here for but for now it is what it is….better than what we’ve been at the beginning

Let’s hope for a clean productive free practices and quali

Forza Ferrari

[Rishu]

Tough track I'd say, probably fastest street circuit. Max's 2021 Q3 lap is one of the best Qauli laps I've ever seen, shame it was never completed

[PURE PASSION]

Just commnetaring
1st laps we dont look great
lets see later

[PURE PASSION]

what program are we running ??
We are so slow . Are we on higher fuel ?

[patrese86]

Charles and Hamilton a second off on the mediums and in the soft Charles half a second slower and Hamilton still a second.

Great stuff

[PURE PASSION]

Supposedly this track shoul suit us , and take out the most from the update.
Till now its worst then Bahrain

[PURE PASSION]

Lec last lap was very good
He made a mistake in last corner . Unless of that i think he would came out 1st .
But good lap

[patrese86]

Lec last lap was very good
He made a mistake in last corner . Unless of that i think he would came out 1st .
But good lap

Was he using the same same set of softs?

[PURE PASSION]

Was he using the same same set of softs?

Yes . He just pass through the pits ,No tire change

[PURE PASSION]

Scuderia Ferrari HP
@ScuderiaFerrari
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A nice lap on used Softs takes
@Charles_Leclerc
up to P3

[PURE PASSION]

on race pace , Nor is miles ahead of everyone , He run 0.5-1s /lap faster , even from Pias ???!!

[Aziz]

on race pace , Nor is miles ahead of everyone , He run 0.5-1s /lap faster , even from Pias ???!!

I would wait for P2, race time, to come to any conclusion

[PURE PASSION]

I would wait for P2, race time, to come to any conclusion

yes
track temperatures are too hing right now

[patrese86]

I hate McLaren, just let it be known

Good lap from Charles though

[GoodtimesF1]

Norris was on a 28.5 lap on mediums and then lifted of the throttle on start finish. McLaren on a different planet.

[tifosi1993]

Norris was on a 28.5 lap on mediums and then lifted of the throttle on start finish. McLaren on a different planet.

He was 2 tenths up on Charles before the final sector, so he was on a 28.8-28.9 lap

[tifosi1993]

Same problem as last year. Struggling to generate heat on the softest compound Pirelli can offer.

[Aziz]

Same problem as last year. Struggling to generate heat on the softest compound Pirelli can offer.

Yup, it would seem so

[tifosi1993]

Medium vs Soft, marginal improvement in the first sector, a tenth in the sector 2 and another tenth in the final sector. Others improved quite substantially when they bolted the soft rubber

[tifosi1993]

Before the red flag, everyone was on the long runs, and McLaren was faster than Ferrari on the straights.

So, we have no answers to them in the twisty fast sector and can't catch them on the straight.

[Aziz]

Before the red flag, everyone was on the long runs, and McLaren was faster than Ferrari on the straights.

So, we have no answers to them in the twisty fast sector and can't catch them on the straight.

Just a bad car yet again

[tifosi1993]

Just a bad car yet again

Yeah, it's not looking good. As suspected, the Red Bull/Max is up there, and we all know that Mercedes will turn up the wrecks in qualifying. Right now, the prospect for tomorrow and Sunday is not looking positive.

Lewis again struggling with the car.

[nani_s23]

Before the red flag, everyone was on the long runs, and McLaren was faster than Ferrari on the straights.

So, we have no answers to them in the twisty fast sector and can't catch them on the straight.

It’s just FP2..!!

[nani_s23]

Yeah, it's not looking good. As suspected, the Red Bull/Max is up there, and we all know that Mercedes will turn up the wrecks in qualifying. Right now, the prospect for tomorrow and Sunday is not looking positive.

Lewis again struggling with the car.

Agree with Lewis. I’m starting to feel, he’s not the right choice for Ferrari. Anyways our car is not that good though, whoever the driver doesn’t bring any magic bullet.

[tifosi1993]

It’s just FP2..!!

It's the floor, just run it lower!!! If our forum expert can figure that one out, then why can't Ferrari? Are they stupid?

[Alonsomaniac]

I'm not so worried about Charles . The car is not a winning car, but Charles extracts everything it has out of it.
But Lewis is starting to worry me. 5 or even 6 tenths is way too much slower than Charles. And I see no improvement, it even seems to be getting worse....he has to find something to be as close as Carlos was.

[nani_s23]

It's the floor, just run it lower!!! If our forum expert can figure that one out, then why can't Ferrari? Are they stupid?

[tifosi1993]

Agree with Lewis. I’m starting to feel, he’s not the right choice for Ferrari. Anyways our car is not that good though, whoever the driver doesn’t bring any magic bullet.

From the onboard, whenever he pushes the car, the rear end of his car gets unstable. And in high speed corners, he's getting massive understeer. Charles on the other hand, is quite content with the unstable rear end. He was running plus 4 FW, which is quite crazy for a car with an unstable rear.

Slowly Lewis is finding out that, Ferrari is not an easy car to drive. And he is one of the most adaptable driver in F1.

[Greig]

Slowly Lewis is finding out that, Ferrari is not an easy car to drive. And he is one of the most adaptable driver in F1.

When the car is not so easy to drive Lewis gets beat....

You can't just make things up.

[tifosi1993]

When the car is not so easy to drive Lewis gets beat....

You can't just make things up.

I'm telling what I'm seeing on track. You, on the other hand, seems to be living in a some kind of LALA land, where everything is fine.