2025 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix - Practice & Qualifying Thread

[FerrariF60]

Luckily the 499P is a peach.

Thank GOD

[FerrariF60]

Both Oscar and Sainz are proof that it;s not just THE CAR !! Charles ..where are you?

You mean where is Hamilton?
Charles qualified ahead of sinz did he not?

[racingbradley]

If you ask any young boy who is driving karts what his dream is he will say: Become an F1 driver and worldchampion.
But not Charles. When he was asked that question many years ago he said: "My dream is driving F1 for Ferrari en becoming champion with them".
The first part has become reality 7 years ago but the second is still his dream. A dream he wants to become true just as bad as he wanted that the day they asked him that question.
He now knwos it will be very hard to realize that dream.
Now, talented as he is, he could go to another team and maybe become champion.
He would be happy of course, but it would always feel like a substitution because it was not what he really wanted.
Charles Leclerc will not leave as long as he believes it still may come true. The year Ferrari builds that winning car again, he wants to be there, he has to be there.
He is a real Ferrari child, not just a driver who happens to be in red.

So, we as fans should cherish that and keep supporting him. We know he can do it, and he knows he can do it. And if that winning car once comes, he will be there. And so will we.

Great post all right on point.

[racingbradley]

Both Oscar and Sainz are proof that it;s not just THE CAR !! Charles ..where are you?

Ahead of Lewis

[PURE PASSION]

Both Oscar and Sainz are proof that it;s not just THE CAR !! Charles ..where are you?

So HAM is a terrible driver

[Alonsomaniac]

Both Oscar and Sainz are proof that it;s not just THE CAR !! Charles ..where are you?

Charles is where the car can take him. Charles could go faster, but the car can't.

[paolo lalli]

Ferrari all show and no go the car was talked up to deliver,but it's destroying Charles,who should have atleast 1 championship by now if ferrari gave him a car.With Lewis its just work in progress another painful year shaping up.Fred vasuer is a likable guy but Fred realise mate not everything is a joke.

[nani_s23]

Fred saying that he is disappointed with they didn’t maximise the package.
Leclerc saying this is the Max he can get out of the car
Lewis saying he need to find right set up as there are balance issues

Drivers having one version & TP is saying other.

By looking at the 4 races, Drivers are correct. Car is not having enough downforce & rear is very loose. Instead of acknowledging Fred is saying team is not maximising the car’s potential.

[Brembo]

Charles is where the car can take him. Charles could go faster, but the car can't.

The Williams car is where Sainz can and will take it. from nowhere now in the top 10. Ferrari kept the wrong driver .

[FerrariF60]

The Williams car is where Sainz can and will take it. from nowhere now in the top 10. Ferrari kept the wrong driver .

yeah, they should have NEVER brought lewis over; the guy is useless

[Brembo]

Useless ! He still knows how to earn a buck !! Charles has a good 10+ yrs to win at least 1 WDC ,lets hope for the best and I hope it will be with Ferrari.

[paolo lalli]

Lewis was bought over by ferrari for marketing and promotional works,sales of merchandise and brand.This has been delivered in spades and I'd still sky rocketing,the investment in lewis has already been returned 10 fold,are ferrari worried probably not they will just enjoy it for what it is,any podiums or race wins will just be more cream on an already very creamy cake.

[FerrariF60]

Lewis was bought over by ferrari for marketing and promotional works,sales of merchandise and brand.This has been delivered in spades and I'd still sky rocketing,the investment in lewis has already been returned 10 fold,are ferrari worried probably not they will just enjoy it for what it is,any podiums or race wins will just be more cream on an already very creamy cake.

yeah, but sadly NO 8th wdc for the GOAT
why?? because he's old and useless

[Brembo]

So far zero WDCs for Charles ! Is he young and useless? It looks unpromising for his age esp with the opportunities he's having. His pay for sure is not a problem.

[paolo lalli]

I Agree with motozemello Antonelli should have been picked up by ferrari .He is and very fast doing very well for mercedes at such a young age.Toto recognises talent .

[MSC Fan]

Both Oscar and Sainz are proof that it;s not just THE CAR !! Charles ..where are you?

The Williams car is where Sainz can and will take it. from nowhere now in the top 10. Ferrari kept the wrong driver .

Useless ! He still knows how to earn a buck !! Charles has a good 10+ yrs to win at least 1 WDC ,lets hope for the best and I hope it will be with Ferrari.

So far zero WDCs for Charles ! Is he young and useless? It looks unpromising for his age esp with the opportunities he's having. His pay for sure is not a problem.

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[aroutis]

Charles is where the car can take him. Charles could go faster, but the car can't.

While Charles is doing the absolute best with the car, Lewis is talking how he wants to design the Ferrari F44.
Go figure.
And here we have Brembo asking about Charles. Delulu at his best like always.

[aroutis]

Ferrari all show and no go the car was talked up to deliver,but it's destroying Charles,who should have atleast 1 championship by now if ferrari gave him a car.With Lewis its just work in progress another painful year shaping up.Fred vasuer is a likable guy but Fred realise mate not everything is a joke.

Sorry but what work in progress?
Say what you will but I see zero progress from Lewis, contrary to Charles.

[aroutis]

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Also silence is golden, especially when things one says makes them exposing them for lack of intellect.
Which is the clear case of Brembo.

[Kyss4k]

Ignore list is your friend. This guy is nutts.

[Greig]

Just catching up, seems like this a Charles support therapy group

FYI, Ferrari are not holding him hostage, he is free to leave and find a better team.

[PURE PASSION]

Ferrari: Vasseur is not right about the potential of the SF-25. Leclerc operates the 120% of the car which has simply shown no real strong point. Analysis of
@Auto_Racer_it
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- The only positive point to emphasize in the Maranello box is Charles Leclerc's turn. Like in Suzuka and Sakhir,
The Monegasque has left nothing on the table, contrary to what Vasseur says, but the potential of the SF-25 is not enough at this stage of the season.

- The difference of five tenths on Lewis Hamilton is the sign of a large tour, but the single is difficult to lead to the limit, which is seen in the Tour telemetry.
Braking at the first turn conforms to that of competitors, but from the Apex, there is a loss of almost three tenths compared to all the other competitors, Ferrari being the penultimate team, in terms of performance, in these two turns. It is a disaster.
The weakness of the rear axle of the Ferrari leads to a very expensive loss of grip at the entrance and exit of turns. The second point of loss for Leclerc is turn 16: a dropout at the exit requires the Monegasque to correct with the accelerator and leads to a loss of a tenth compared to Piastri. Leclerc him
Even evoked the difficulty of piloting, which manifested itself in Jeddah in other places, including turn 4: "I have a huge surveillance or understeer, but the end result is that I do not have enough grip to produce what those do in front do".

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The symbol of this Ferrari in difficulty is Lewis Hamilton: the seven -time world champion has a lot of trouble with the new tender tires and this leads him to suffer a lot in the confrontation with Leclerc on the launched Tour. Carlos Sainz experienced the same difficulties at the beginning of 2022, when F1-75 was a car,
Certainly better balanced, but very focused on the front, that Leclerc has managed superbly. The comparison of qualifications at the start of the season gives 4-1 for Leclerc, with an average advantage of three tenths on English: we expected a much better start to the season from Hamilton. The instability of the SF-
25 did not help create a bond of trust with Lewis, but we were waiting for a different start to the season from Ferrari and Hamilton.

[Super M]

Why so many different wings brought to this race for both drivers by Ferrari ???

for me it has to mean they don't understand the car and how it should behave. I don't know if other teams brought so many configurations, but this is very concerning to me. I really feel for Charles after his interview.

i really hope he has a competitive race, but deep down i really don't see how....

[PURE PASSION]

but dont worry
JLo was in the garage !!!!!
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Go7ZMCsX...name=4096x4096

[Red is Best]

Lack of traction out of slow corners has been a weakness for years now.

Also Vasseur's words about how we still need to extract more from the car leads me to believe that, like previous years, they are completely clueless as to how to set up the car.

[Dune]

Just catching up, seems like this a Charles support therapy group

FYI, Ferrari are not holding him hostage, he is free to leave and find a better team.

Ok so you are looking for Ferrari to get worse? I don’t think that you do want that. Ferrari has one of the fastest drivers in the world, yet they can’t develop a championship competing car. There will be tough discussions in Maranello. Why can’t they attract the best personal, and McLaren can? If they have a problem to convince the best to locate in Italy, then there have to be discussions to change that. No championship since 2008 is a disaster.

[GoodtimesF1]

So HAM is a terrible driver

He's not terrible but replacing Carlos for Lewis was pointless when talking in terms of performance. Marketing wise it was good but it really sad for us to be reduced to all about the money and Championship as being an after thought. People here complained about Carlos taking away points from Charles to be the first nr2 in the standing. Who really cars about 2nd or 3rd?

[Greig]

Ok so you are looking for Ferrari to get worse? I don’t think that you do want that. Ferrari has one of the fastest drivers in the world, yet they can’t develop a championship competing car. There will be tough discussions in Maranello. Why can’t they attract the best personal, and McLaren can? If they have a problem to convince the best to locate in Italy, then there have to be discussions to change that. No championship since 2008 is a disaster.

There will be no change to Ferrari being Italian and based in Italy thankfully.

[GoodtimesF1]

Just catching up, seems like this a Charles support therapy group

FYI, Ferrari are not holding him hostage, he is free to leave and find a better team.

Lol yeah this is an amazing place. The past years people here were crying about Charles having a team mate capable of taking away points from him. Now the are complaining about Lewis nog being fast enough to challenge Charles. The should be happy about him not getting challenged or maybe they just love to complain.

[FerrariF60]

There will be no change to Ferrari being Italian and based in Italy thankfully.

So we’ll continue to be mediocre gong forward
At least the comment came from your mouth