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Grande, Charles Leclerc, winner of the 2024 Formula 1 Monaco Grand Prix! 😭😭😭🙌🙌🙌
Some of you know what a huge Scuderia Ferrari F1 and Charles Leclerc fan I am. He’s a romantically tragic and inspiring story of heartbreak and perseverance. If you’re a hopeless sporting
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Nobody wants that second Red Bull seat, apparently. But I think giving it to Daniel Ricciardo is the objectively correct decision for several reasons:
1. At this point, they won’t know what they’re going to get from Daniel in a better car until they try it.
2. He’s been there
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/// A Curse Broken
For 78 anxiety filled laps, Charles charged toward his dream. With 30 laps left, harried by the McLaren of Oscar Piastri behind him, he would sound like the calmest and focused champion imaginable. With 10 laps left and distance to the cars behind, he would
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/// A Tale of Tragedy
But weeks later, in one of the worst accidents in modern racing, Jules was tragically killed. He was involved in a horrific accident at the 2014 Japanese Grand Prix, with his car sliding off the rain-filled track and wedging underneath a car recovery
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/// Arrival to Formula 1
In a twist of fate, or perhaps a provision of destiny if you’re apt to believe, a dramatic crash at the 2018 Belgian Grand Prix saw a car skid across the top of Leclerc’s Sauber. It was an accident that would’ve been instantly fatal in a 2017 car. But he
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/// 2024 - A New Look Ferrari
Growing rumors within F1 have hinted that Monaco’s unique and challenging nature on the F1 calendar could have it in jeopardy of dropping off the championship docket. A mixed perspective of lovers and haters cloud the future of the fabled Grand
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@Fe55ariCS
@formularacers_
There were 5 instances of Sainz impeding this weekend… like, it was really, really bad. He should be grateful he got away with anything less than a 6 place penalty.
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/// The Monaco Curse
Even with his success, Leclerc’s rotten luck at his home Grand Prix in Monaco would become a thing of nightmares. It’s a storied, fabled race that every driver in the sport yearns to claim at some point, built almost entirely upon a driver’s prowess and
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@formula444_
A masterclass move by Oscar, I don’t know what else to say. The team said be nice through T1, they did, Lando got a poor exit out of Rettifilo, and Oscar was there to collect the spot with an aggressive but controlled move at Della Roggia.
It’s a stretch to imagine there being a
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@FanaticsFerrari
That bit of data, unfortunately for Carlos, doesn’t exist.
His two race victories were heavily team orchestrated. One was literally stolen. The entire paddock laughed at Silverstone ‘22, and called it a mockery of a result. And the team very clearly sacrificed Leclerc for the
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@MarauderMag
@MarioNawfal
Not to be morbid… but there won’t be bodies. A failure of the hull at that depth would’ve meant basically instantaneous and simultaneous combustion of the air (due to force of the compression and ignition of the vapors inside), and the rapid implosion of the hull basically
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We’ve known that Damon Hill is an annoyingly poor pundit and a bit of an ornery guy… that’s been apparent for a while, as folks try to mute or change the channel when he pops up. I mean, he can’t even keep recent (last couple of years) races straight in his analysis…
But
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@NotFifthGear
Another joke about sharing a Team Principal’s name? 😮💨😅
0 points for originality, but 5 points for attempted humor
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@premystic
Schumacher and Verstappen collide. Alonso and Hamilton collide.
Vettel cruises to a victory.
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@F1
Carlos is exceptionally poor at managing tires and bringing them in carefully to maximize the stint. We’ve seen this repeatedly.
He is so eager to pass his teammate, he will sacrifice his whole race by destroying the tires on lap 1 or 2 to try and edge a nose ahead, even when
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@Aldas001
How does Checo have any culpability here? The driver on track has no obligation to slow down or alter a line to “make way” for a car re-entering the track after going off. Especially in an unsafe way in poor conditions right in front of him…
Slam dunk penalty.
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And Ferrari just absolutely botched Leclerc’s final run with inexplicable timing. Just unreal. He won’t get a second lap because of them holding him for so long. Relegated to the third row after dunking 3 tenths on Sainz in his first Q3 run.
I don’t even have words anymore. 😂
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@formularacers_
@tgruener
Why is Aston Martin all of a sudden the most operationally sound team in reviewing race penalties and results????!!! 😮💨👏👏👏
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@FanaticsFerrari
Come on now, Carlos 😂
He has made it very, very clear in his time in Ferrari and through Paddock insiders that watch his behaviors, that his utmost and primary concern is being ahead of Charles or having an advantage over him any way he can muster. Regardless of what else
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@SHBismyname
While I don’t disagree with you, the problem in this scenario is the existence of Daniel Ricciardo.
And for all the reasons I just listed, I think he’s the one that gets first crack at it, because they’ve already got Yuki locked into a contract. He’ll still be there next year as
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@LordH2733
The fact that while in a Red Bull, he NEVER performed this poorly. He was also quite effective in the Renault.
In fact, the McLaren and all its quirkiness prior to their 2023 upgrade path, was a dreadful fit for him, and he was awful with it.
And now that he’s in a mediocre
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@f1trollofficial
Hamilton: Worst stretch of his entire career in F1, on his way out of the team
George: highest ceiling level of performance he’s ever produced, now the favored incumbent
Annnnnd they’re separated by 2 points. And 7 WDC trophies. 😮💨
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@formularacers_
Alonso is so haunted by his failures at Ferrari. Is it a Spaniard racing driver trait to value finishing ahead of a specific team or driver regardless of your own success? Carlos would rather finish P10 if he was ahead of Leclerc than P2 behind him. Fernando is the same with the
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@KeslerSZN
@formularacers_
@formu1a__uno
My friend, the car wouldn’t turn left, there’s not much excuse to be made. Losing 2 tenths on every left turn, but miraculously ok on right handers? Maybe he just had a crick in his neck? 😂
The garage AGAIN screwed something up on the car assembly or setup. 3rd time this year
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@ScuderiaFerrari
@Carlossainz55
@Charles_Leclerc
Literally can’t even get a working car on track from the 16 garage.
It’s time to replace everyone in that garage from the mechanics to the setup engineers. This can never happen again. It’s rampage firing time, Fred. No more calm, firestorm.
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@FailComps_
@FanaticsFerrari
They pre-agreed on a running order, and Sainz went out ahead. Of course Leclerc is going to ask for his already agreed upon before the session running order back. As would Sainz.
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@BradleyPhilpot
Preface: I am not a Max or George fan, AT ALL.
Point: your image betrays itself. Max is clearly ahead at the apex and almost fully on the racing line (he did at least leave enough space for George to back out). Max’s corner according to the current racing standards, so George’s
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@RedBullUpdates
Damon never misses a chance to take a dig at Max. While there’s some truth to Max not taking losing very graciously, I don’t recall any WDC’s who do. Seems to be a trend with winners. 🤷🏻♂️
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@RBR_Daily
All they have to do to make this go away is do the right thing and offer a refund for a product they didn’t deliver. Largely due to their own mistakes.
It’s a simple fix, instead they won’t bend an inch. A gift voucher? People aren’t going to accept that as restitution, clearly.
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@FastestPitStop
He just can’t stop. Literally can’t help himself. Eventually, he will yap his way right out of the role he is in by crossing the wrong person with the right info about him.
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@RBR_Daily
@TwommoF1
If Max and Charles are in a dominant Red Bull together, that would 100% turn into shades of 2016. Not a doubt about it.
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@Alex_mavss
@RBR_Daily
Ferrari were playing a management game all race, and had a disadvantaged tire offset against Hamilton and Alonso, and they were still sticking with them.
Earlier in their stint, they were actually faster. And if you saw the tires on the Ferrari after the race (granted it’s a low
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@FastestPitStop
Bottas is the correct choice. The team needs a stable set of hands to judge car progression, Bottas is the one who can do that. Then go after a younger guy for 2026.
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@ScuderiaFerrari
@Charles_Leclerc
You just misquoted your driver about the communication problems and used the caption “bouncing back in Hungary” after having to abandon a car update due to… *checks notes… a bouncing back end.
💀💀💀
These things just write themselves 😅
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@dave_zaca
@FanaticsFerrari
Neither driver is going to take to that swap very well at all. That’s actually the only way to make the situation worse for both drivers, other than letting them foolishly fight.
Carlos has also demonstrated a disregard for the team’s wishes more than once. It’s benefitted him
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@FanaticsFerrari
Damon is always very adamantly against Leclerc. He’s very consistent in that, at least. He has firmed his opinion on the matter, and no bit of reality , statistic, or perspective shall change it.
But that’s kind of Damon Hill’s thing, right? He dislikes the more talented drivers
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Reflections On Spa-Francorchamps:
- Controversy! Toto big mad. Somebody in 63 garage screwed up, hunch is it’s ballast not properly adjusted after removing updates post FP2 (others made a 1 stop work without being 3.5kg underweight) 🕵️♂️ 🏋️♂️
- HAM deserved the P1, and without
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@dusantadicsaint
@FastestPitStop
Wait… he DID set a mediocre banker lap on the Inter, but it was already the wrong tire. The track was too dry, the inter was overheating badly on that Ferrari.
The times tumbled down for a short few minute window on the soft, and then got worse again. They pitted him too late,
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Say what you like, but I don’t believe this is on the drivers. The car is suddenly awful.
I don’t know what happened from FP3 onward, but the Ferrari went from the second quickest car to fourth or fifth quickest and a pain to drive for both drivers.
Another failure by the track
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@FanaticsFerrari
One of the most disappointing days in recent Ferrari history, and the beginning of the undoing of the Binotto era. One of the worst strategy mistakes ever made in the history of the sport, throwing away a guaranteed double podium and robbing the lead driver of a rightful win.
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@FanaticsFerrari
Max replacing Lewis at Ferrari after Lewis retires, to drive another Newey car - confirmed ✅
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@FEASTTH3B3AST
@FanaticsFerrari
There’s lots of backstory here. I’ll share it if you genuinely want to know:
Charles came into an era of Ferrari where they were in desperate need of revitalizing. Mattia Binotto, a long time Ferrari lifer, had taken over as team principal and Charles was a young up and coming
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@FanaticsFerrari
YES 👏 👏👏
Finally, a team willing to own mistakes and try to actually correct them. It’s going to be a long process. Fred has inherited an absolute dumpster fire clown show from the Mattia era.
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@63grussell63
There’s plenty of equity for the valuation of the team, they could generate enough cash or a payment scheme to make that work, surely.
It’s more an embarrassment to them, they probably thought they could drag their feet without big repercussions.
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@DCalt33
@FanaticsFerrari
It doesn’t get any more obvious than this that there was a problem with the car. 😂
Charles almost always out qualifies his teammate, who put a functional version of the car on the front row. 3 clean laps and couldn’t top a Williams? Kinda blatantly obvious there’s an issue.
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@FanaticsFerrari
While I’m not the biggest Carlos Sainz supporter, he is still a Ferrari driver and will always be a part of the select few in the family of Ferrari drivers. I appreciate his message to the Tifosi. Forza Ferrari!
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@layuniee
Fantastic! Another great move by Leclerc there, don’t accept that kind of impeding behavior, run somebody off the track if necessary to get the point across. That’s what every winning-mentality driver since the ‘70s would’ve done.
Thanks for sharing, it’s an awesome clip. Love
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@FastestPitStop
I don’t really see why it would be tense. Checo performs really well at Baku, and snuck out a deserved win.
But for ⅔ of the calendar on “racing” circuits, Max is simply miles ahead on typical pace between the two. And he’s still leading the championship in a dominant car.
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@ScuderiaFerrari
@Charles_Leclerc
@Carlossainz55
That was a bit of embarrassing and clumsy racecraft by Sainz. Against both Alonso and Leclerc.
Quite unbecoming of someone who has driven well so far, it reeked of impatience and desperation. That’s the Sainz we know from the past, I was wondering if he had finally overcome
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@Primekarim_
@ScuderiaFerrari
This situation was Xavi’s fault only, completely nothing to do with Leclerc… and Carlos literally impeded HIS OWN TEAMMATE in an aborted lap in Q2.
What a bad take 😮💨
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@ScuderiaFerrari
@Carlossainz55
@Charles_Leclerc
So P10 for Charles, the question becomes is it P11 or P14 for Carlos.
What another disasterclass by the pit wall and BOTH race engineers. Carlos has to own the lion’s share of the impeding faults this week, but to ignore your driver asking for a tire change AGAIN, and ensuring
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@Vetteleclerc
Hard to be unhappy when you know you have a 1s+ per lap race pace advantage and zero tire deg 🤷🏻♂️
Doesn’t much matter where he starts, as long as the car works.
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@flashleclerc
Damon is all about what Carlos stands for - the “less talented” guy against the big bad highly touted talent who everybody (correctly) considers the better driver.
Carlos is literally the one who he most identifies with, and Charles will never have his admiration for his ability
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@RBR_Daily
I really don’t understand why this is discussion Worthy. Surely any of you that are following Formula One for more than a year or two understand the nature of the driver market, and the multitude of behind-the-scenes conversations that happen. The differences, when there is not
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@OscarPiastri
@Charles_Leclerc
Rules for joining the family:
1. You have to take upon yourself all the Leclerc Luck of Monaco for your first race as a sacrifice
Sorry Oscar, I don’t make the rules. It is what it is 🤷🏻♂️
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@RacingStorki
@FastestPitStop
His name is actually the only reason he’s NOT on the grid.
That expectation blinds people to the fact that the man handily beat K Mag in race results 10-6 (where both finished the race). He had 2 issues indicative of a rookie that most often get fixed in a follow up season -
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@NqununuHQ
@FastestPitStop
It’s impossible to compare the eras.
Almost unlimited testing and in-car opportunities, AND he stepped into a competitive car and team, unlike Williams.
I don’t feel compelled to make an excuse as if Logan is on the same level - highly doubtful - but it’s literally impossible
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@formularacers_
@SmilexTech
@GiulyDuchessa
Ferrari: “SF-23 is the fastest car ever made”
Both Drivers: “this car… sucks…”
Spain: One car turns left, one won’t… problem goes away on Charles’ car after rebuilding the rear overnight.
Ferrari: “We are checking. But car is fine, it is the greatest car ever made!”
😂
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@pitlimiteron
Where else was he going?
He had no other legitimate options on the grid in the top 5 teams. Red Bull had zero interest, Mercedes had zero interest, McLaren is full, Ferrari is full.
Audi want to build around Sainz. Pretttyyyy sure Alpine is a nope. His name isn’t “Ollie
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@FastestPitStop
Christian Horner is a master politician. He does a great job posturing, and creating an “us against the world” mentality within RB. It’s manipulation, yes, but I think it goes a long way towards driving their underdog, chip-on-the-shoulder mentality, even when they’re winning.
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@LeeYinHui1
@Vetteleclerc
The “difference” between him and Max is that for 3 Free Practice sessions, Max complained about the car not doing what he wanted and being understeery, and he was behind. Red Bull continually tweaked it and unlocked all the front end potential right in time for Quali.
The
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@ScuderiaFerrari
@Charles_Leclerc
@Carlossainz55
For those of you that didn’t actually watch - we are looking quite strong. These two times were set by the Ferrari’s on 8-9 lap old medium tires with fuel. And compared to the rest of the field running mediums at the time, we were far clear.
Didn’t get to complete the quali sim
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@wearetherace
@XPBImages
Pretty objectively spot on assessment. Especially when we’ve seen this EXACT scenario play out ad nauseam:
1. Carlos qualifies behind his teammate, the team decides to conserve on the first stint and use one advantageous part of their car (tire deg)
2. Carlos ignores team
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@very_berry99
Reality of the situation is a bit more nuanced.
By all reports, Carlos had a year + 1 renewal offer in hand, but chose to seek more years from Ferrari. Ferrari were unwilling, because they see what we all see - for car development purposes, Leclerc and Sainz are not a good
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@formularacers_
Perez - part ways, he isn’t really helping the team and there’s no “unknown” what ifs with him
Tsunoda - keep him in the dead end for him that is RB… he’s a Honda necessity
Lawson - place him in RB and see what he can do against Tsunoda over a season
Ricciardo - test him out
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@AMF1News
Sure Hamilton contributed to this with an aggressive move with a WIDE OPEN door left there for him. But the reason they didn’t make the corner?
Watch the video again. Stroll turned in on Alonso and pushed them all back into the diving Hamilton. Otherwise, they all make the
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@Ron365Gr
@FastestPitStop
Thankfully, many of those responsible for the 2021 and 2022 monstrosities are now gone. 🙌
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@formularacers_
Y’all have some delusional ideas about how fast the cold intermediates were. He most certainly would not have been “flying” with a cold set of inters, not to mention Verstappen would’ve just covered him off because that was the only car he was “racing”.
There was NO eventuality
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@F1picturesDm
@FanaticsFerrari
It’s common sense to prefer the statistically better driver who has secured more points over their time together, who was the only one to be competing when the team had a championship level car, and that is universally considered faster by those in the sport. 🤷🏻♂️
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@EngineModeLE86
@FDataAnalysis
The sector times are right there to read, this is purely unbiased numbers. There’s not really any “interpreting” to this.
F1 qualifying is not about having a car or a lap approach that does every mini-sector the fastest… it’s about creating a car/setup/lap with the cumulative
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@davide_b88
@FanaticsFerrari
Charles has demonstrated that plenty. He was regularly outpacing Vettel in a car that suited him less, he has clearly demonstrated he’s a better driver than Carlos in both ‘21 and ‘22 (yes, even when circumstance gave him a few less points than Carlos in 2021, he was obviously
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@FanaticsFerrari
If you remember his career circumstances, Carlos is kind of the epitome of a guy that Damon will identify with and support.
That’s his prerogative. But it’s clear Leclerc is both faster and more talented of the two, with a ceiling capable of a WDC. Carlos isn’t going to ever be
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@_allthatglitz
Nobody believed the rain was picking up, every single team and every broadcast and meteorologist all said “rain stopping”.
That was an awful, unacceptably terrible and race ending decision by Ferrari. Diabolically bad, yet again.
Unreal, they just threw away Charles’ race and
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@Mekachu2121
“Poaching” a driver out of a contract is not feasible. It requires cooperation and incredible amounts of money. The only reason for them to try that would be if they had lost Max.
Not to sound harsh, but Liam does not deserve a Red Bull drive yet. I don’t care what he did in a
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@_allthatglitz
I just went back through the onboards, and what was communicated to Charles was VERY inadequate. They didn’t explain the situation as concisely and clearly as GP did to Max, for example.
They did not correctly explain the situation, and in trying to be encouraging as he was
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@FEASTTH3B3AST
@FanaticsFerrari
Fast forward to now, 2023- Binotto is fired and Charles’ former boss from Sauber is made the new Team Principal. Instantly, this sends Carlos fans into a tizzy. For all intents and purposes, Leclerc was never Binotto’s guy, and he went out of his way to help Carlos be placed as
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@clappedsti
Fantastic car, great driver, and masterful pit wall that all works together in harmony.
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@d0_dave
@FastestPitStop
If they actually work:
My hunch is there’s a way to mandate their attachment by requiring “attachment points” on the rear of every car. And it’s a mandatory “add on” whenever you slap a set of wet or intermediate tires on the car.
In theory, this makes sense.
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@_allthatglitz
***He will never do this, BUT
Charles might have the ability to pull an otherworldly driver market craziness scenario with one call to Toto Wolf right now…
And Ferrari would deserve it, IMO
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@Arshman95
@formularacers_
The three drivers you mentioned were released for a proper prep lap, not into traffic.
Leclerc is a big boy, he can own his own mistakes and deserves to. But that was an absolute butcher job by Ferrari, ignoring their driver and then getting him released too late on soft into
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@formularacers_
@EnduranceInfo1
Considering his failed F1 career, that’s not a surprising statement from him. But he, along with every other driver on the WEC team, would literally sprint away from the 499P to hop into a Ferrari F1 seat as fast as his legs would carry him. That should tell you all you need to
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@FanaticsFerrari
Poor strategy for BOTH drivers today, but Carlos only has himself to blame for finishing behind Charles. Damaging the car on the most nonsensical send imaginable, AND going off in the wet is what did in his race.
Charles clearly got the setup wrong this weekend, Carlos got his
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@GianfrancoTrov
@ScuderiaFerrari
His car is clearly broken. He’s complained about a problem with the rears, odd clutch sounds (a VERY bad howl/grind during his practice start in FP3), and yet still they’re unable to get the car working for qualifying. 🤦🏻♂️
This team is in shambles, costing their fastest driver by
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@LeclercsVodka
The way they all bust out laughing when it collapsed, then immediately the two guys go “oh crap, check on Charles and help him out!!!” 🤣🤣🤣
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From what I understand, Ferrari chose to repair Leclerc’s floor instead of using his spare floor. As of right now, I’m afraid that appears to be the incorrect decision.
There’s a stability issue that is obvious watching an onboard, it was there in FP3 as well but it had gotten
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@Weafer1711
@FanaticsFerrari
Not entirely true. The RB19 concept is weakest over a single lap in quali. Suspension geometry doesn’t help them there. Still expect them to have a lot of advantage in Race trim, in pace and deg.
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Also, I’d expect a bit of
@SkySportsF1
maybe chatting with their pundits about not making weird and baseless mental health diagnosis claims about drivers on air. That seems like a generally good idea… what do you guys think,
@ScuderiaFerrari
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@FormulaDino
This is the perfect bait post by RB España. It means nothing, and it means everything.
Well played 👏👏👏
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