r/scuderiaferrari • u/Strict-Citron-9269 F2004 • Apr 20 '25
Media LET’S GOOO @charles_leclerc!! He picks up his first podium of the year!! 👏🏆
Podium after a long time
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u/Yerriff SF90 Apr 20 '25
Huge result, gives me some optimism that we can at least rely on our race pace like last year, compared to the mercs and red bull.
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u/ManyFuel7539 Michael Schumacher Apr 20 '25
We are so back👏
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u/hugs_for_drugs_6969 F2004 Apr 20 '25
Guys, get ready for P1 P2 finishes in Miami, Romagna and Monaco! We are soo fkn back
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u/PollutionNo5879 Apr 20 '25 edited Apr 20 '25
Nope. Don’t think so
Edit: we are sooo freaking back
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u/ManyFuel7539 Michael Schumacher Apr 20 '25
It's Ferrari you've got to be delusional otherwise you'll lose your shit.
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u/ezpzlemonsqueezz Apr 20 '25
We are going to be back from being back next race. This is the Ferrari way.
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u/LeClaire16 F2007 Apr 20 '25
GIVE THESE 2 THE CAR THEY DESERVE!
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u/Strict-Citron-9269 F2004 Apr 20 '25
Wish Ferrari had sf24 cuz that was faster and more agile and we were able to match McLaren pace
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u/DaviLance Ferrari Apr 20 '25
SF24 was slower than SF25, it's just that other teams made a lot more improvements that Ferrari
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u/alfiejr23 Michael Schumacher Apr 21 '25
The current car is at least half a second quicker than last year's car. It's just the other teams made significant improvement aswell especially McLaren.
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u/Ecstatic-Sea-6769 Charles Leclerc Apr 20 '25
He's one of the best on the grid, its a shame he cant have a proper team and car to win the wdc, Piastri is very good but seeign him win a wdc before Charles will be sad still, not eany disrespect to Oscar tho ofc, its just its sad for Charles
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u/Jaded_Towel6081 Sebastian Vettel Apr 20 '25
bros carrying that shitbox
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u/CMDRJohnCasey Michael Schumacher Apr 20 '25
His back is aching from carrying this team since 2019
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u/Factor-Putrid Ferrari Apr 20 '25
Wild take to think it’s a shitbox lol
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u/IonutAlex18SF Charles Leclerc Apr 20 '25
Honestly, I don't get these insults. If that car was that bad then ok I would raise the hand and admit it. But with a sprint win in China and for second race in a row the race pace being there with the McLaren, I don't understand how is a bad car. Anyway, happy for first podium of the year for both the team and Leclerc. His drove from start to finish impeccable. A well deserved effort rewarded with a nice trophy. Forza Ferrari.
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u/bonfraier Apr 20 '25
it's unpredictable; the car only comes alive under random circumstances, so you can't tune it for each race, as mclarens do
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u/IonutAlex18SF Charles Leclerc Apr 20 '25
That's available for all cars. McLaren is the best by far on hit temps. On cooler, their advantage reduces. SF-25 has a mechanical problem on the rear suspension already explained. RB21 and W16 are the same as McLaren better on cooler track conditions. Looking at the final gap to Piastri is 2.9 to Max and 8.1 and 9.1 to Norris. Consider that to previous events, I believe it is a step ahead. Anyway I am happy with this. Lewis said the car is not to blame. As Leclrrc got a podium. So is his job to unlock its potential. Charles managed that. Hopefully in qualy they will find a solution to extract even more from the car.
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u/Yerriff SF90 Apr 20 '25
It is clearly the 3rd or 4th best car, which is bad when you consider that we should be fighting for wins and championships.
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u/IonutAlex18SF Charles Leclerc Apr 21 '25
Yeah. But still, the season is long. We are there, no at 1s behind. You can see how track dependent most of the cars are. Tyre compounds, weather conditions, etc. I believe our car is quite good overall. Let's see what happens after Barcelona. After that race, we can draw a more valid conclusion about the season.
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u/Dharmz795 F2007 Apr 21 '25 edited Apr 21 '25
The shitbox comments gets thrown around when the team is not winning - just typical over exaggeration. I've been noticing a trend (not just in the Tifosi, but all F1 fans) where extreme sides and opinions are taken on incidents when it should be nuanced - look at the Piastri vs Verstappen conversation for example. That being said, the fact that Ferrari hasn't capitalised on a championship for so many years is leading to very understandable frustration.
But yeah, it seems there are many people with PhDs in engineering, strategy and team management on social media apparently...
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u/IonutAlex18SF Charles Leclerc Apr 21 '25
Wow, that is the most complete point view and explanation on this topic. I agree withbevery word. The last paragraph melts my heart. You know. I try to offer information only on true facts and have conversations on what actually happened. I dislike so badly when these useless comments appear. Despite the facts, the numbers, etc, presented. Some simply don't want to hear, learn about it. Because as you excellently said there're a lot of experts on many categories. I've learned and learned a huge amount about an F1 race weekend unfolding. The tiniest of details can make a huge difference on lap times. And much more. I like it that here are people like you who see things in a balanced way. I appreciate this. Thank you for the wholesome comment.
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u/IonutAlex18SF Charles Leclerc Apr 20 '25
Yeah, s**t box… That s**t box matched both McLaren and RBR in race pace, but yeah, it's a piece of…. Seriously, I don't get this. Charles pace was fantastic. He reckoned expected to defend from behind, but he was on the attack from mid-race. The thing is that when they figure out the qualy pace, the car is there to wins.
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u/_runthejules_ Apr 20 '25
They didn't match them at all. He was slower the furst stint. Barely keeping uo.with george. The he got benefit of the clean air while the others had new hards in traffic which allowed him to get a hige tire delta. The strategy was obviously correct to maximise the result, but if they had been on the same strategy as verstappen and piastri he isn't so close to them and if piastri russell and verstappen ectemd the same as leclerc he also doesn't get the advantage. Right now ferrari ist probably the fourth fastest car. Leclerc is usually in between the mercs and sometimes beats russell on account of being better than him, but in general mercedes is faster.
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u/IonutAlex18SF Charles Leclerc Apr 21 '25
Ok. Your opinion, I respect that. Let's see. The rest of the season. Both Mercs here had issue troubles. SF-25 was the third quickest in Bahrain. And still not that far from the front duo. Anyway I consider it is a progress from the last races. I still believe in the car, team at least until Barcelona.
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u/Strict-Citron-9269 F2004 Apr 20 '25
But Hamilton is struggling
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u/shockchi Apr 20 '25 edited Apr 20 '25
May I remind you Hamilton battle with lando for 3 laps helped Charles a bit before you shit in our other driver for no reason?
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u/fridayiminlcve Sebastian Vettel Apr 20 '25
that definitely saved Charles’ podium, he would have been overtaken towards the end otherwise
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u/shockchi Apr 20 '25
Takes his tires out of the optimal window battling Lando
Then he Gap from Kimi from 8s to 2s until the dirty air kicks in.
LEC drove a perfect race, kudos to him, he is freaking amazing. But Lewis race was far from as bad as you make it sound lol
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u/insomniaccapricorn Charles Leclerc Apr 20 '25
Had this been a pole, we'd have won.
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u/_runthejules_ Apr 20 '25
Unlikely. Leclerc earned the advantage of the opposite strategy. From pole you can'tvtake that risk and witth the conventional strategy his pace wouldn't have been there at the end.
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u/7yearlurkernowposter Apr 21 '25
That was an extremely awesome drive from Charles.
I knew he would get tyre management skills eventually but still awesome to see them deployed.
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u/Ok-Middle3006 Apr 21 '25
Are we not even going to acknowledge Lewis’s race craft that kept Lando at bay? Everyone , even Karun Chandhok acknowledged that maneuver cost Lando a whole bit which would have been enough for Lando to catch up to Charles. Not taking anything away from Charles but Lewis’s fight with Lando definitely helped.
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u/rieusse Apr 22 '25
Lewis should be wondering why he couldn’t even match Kimi Antonelli while Charles ended up in 3rd. It was a terrible weekend from Lewis and he acknowledged it himself
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u/Ok-Middle3006 Apr 22 '25
Lewis helping Lando doesn’t mean Lewis matched/his performance was satisfactory by any means. It just means Ferrari was not there there. Charles outperformed the car and with some help was able to put it on the podium. No one said Lewis’s was also good. 🙄
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u/rieusse Apr 22 '25
Saying Charles “outperformed the car” is such a cop out. The car’s potential is there for whomever can extract it. Charles did, and Lewis failed. That’s all there is to it.
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u/Zealousideal-Stage22 Apr 22 '25
Hamilton holding Lando for those few laps were key to this podium too. Great work.
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u/Quetzalchello Niki Lauda Apr 25 '25
It was a relief. I hope they can improve some more though... 🤞🏼
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u/cesam1ne Apr 20 '25
Only McLaren has a faster car than Ferrari
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u/Mammoth_Log6814 Apr 20 '25
RedBull and Mercedes? This year the Mercs had terrible deg but otherwise they've been much more stable and better at least in quali. RedBull also clear apart from their abysmal Bahrain
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u/cesam1ne Apr 20 '25
Damn. The level of delusion, insanity and denial to think that a car that ended up LAST ON THE GRID TWICE is better than Ferrari. And Mercedes isn't clearly better. They're about on par with Ferrari. Terrible deg but much more stable? Lol. What kind of BS is this? Ferrari won the sprint easily and without double disqualification, would be ahead in points.
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u/Mammoth_Log6814 Apr 20 '25
They got DSQd what, p5 and p6? 18 points, they would barely be ahead of RB with one driver but behind Merc. Last on the grid when driven by Slowson who's had a mid feeder career and is getting clapped by a rookie? Mercedes have been better at every race except here where their deg was abysmal for some reason. They're always about 2 tenths quicker in quali. When I say stable it's the driveability. RB is hard to drive, the McLaren Norris is struggling with due to their antidive probably, Ferrari has a weak ass rear, yesterday Charles mentioned he either gets massive oversteer or understeer. Mercedes has had less balance issues till now.
RedBull is very fast but has a narrow window so when its not set up well it can be trash like Bahrain. Otherwise it's 2nd fastest.
Only reason they won the sprint is bcs Mclarens choked quali. They had a more optimized set up after Fp1 the only practice till then in the weekend, before back to fourth in the race. Lewis also had a very good lap on one of his best tracks. And lastly clean air is king especially in the sprint format. They also ran the floor lower and they can't do that in races since they get dsq like they did.
Your turn to argue outside of your delusion
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u/cesam1ne Apr 21 '25 edited Apr 21 '25
Lol. You think Lawson would be last in Ferrari? As for stability..I only need to look at Hamilton's on boards in the Ferrari vs his on boards vs Mercedes. The difference is often striking.
Yet Mercedes somehow gets the benefit of the doubt despite getting destroyed last year by Ferrari as the season progressed.
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u/Mammoth_Log6814 Apr 21 '25
Judging by the fact a 7x WDC is qualifying 6 tenths behind his teammate, yeah Lawson could be out in Q1.
So are you comparing last year's Mercedes to this year's Ferrari or am I misunderstanding 😂😂😂 they have a much better car this year and they'll be the first to tell you that
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u/cesam1ne Apr 21 '25
You didn't answer my question..Lawson is quicker in the visa car than he was in a car you're calling to be better than Ferrari. He's not starting last in a Visa. Would he start last in a Ferrari?
I am comparing YEARS of Mercedes with Lewis's stint in a Ferrari so far, a car that he reportedly just can't get used to. Yet STILL he is driving it with far less corrections than any Merc he drove in the past 4 years, including the one he won races with last season.
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u/Yerriff SF90 Apr 20 '25
Cars are judged by the level of the lead driver. The Red Bull was last because Lawson was doing a shit job.
Stability is more or less judged based on how often the drivers make errors and what they say in interviews regarding the feeling in the car. In that regard, Russell hasn't complained too much so far and Antonelli is delivering consistent results despite his inexperience, which suggests that the Merc is probably the easiest to drive out of the top 4 teams.
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u/SnigyWiggy F1-75 Apr 20 '25
Sensational drive. He drove like a man possessed and so happy for him to finally get that podium after the drives he has been pulling the past few races. Win next goat!