Former Ferrari chairman Montezemolo tears the new electric Ferrari “Luce” apart:
“I cannot say what I really think: I would harm Ferrari. We risk the destruction of a legend. So sorry. Take the Prancing Horse off. At least the Chinese won’t copy this car”
Haven't watched a single FP session this weekend. Doubt if I'll watch the race. The timezone difference is too much but last season and every season before that, I would stay up late. That's the difference. @F1 is killing the passion of the fans with these stupid regs
Also I just wanna say that pretty well every pass we had was energy deployment passes, FE like
I mean, rate it how you will, as of now I’m not sure about it myself.
I won't lie, I'm gutted Lewis couldn't get onto the podium today.
But, this race showed us everything we needed to see.
Welcome back to the top, SIR Lewis Hamilton... this year will be fun❗️
Drivers still not sold on new style of F1 racing. In the media pen with us post-race, Norris called it “chaos” and said they’re waiting on a big accident given closing speed differences when overtaking. Ocon said overtaking was “painful” given ease of passing back and energy shortage. Perez said it’s not the F1 he knew. Fans may of course disagree given the action!
There are some real misunderstandings here about the grumbling surrounding the regulations.
I’ve seen several voices claiming that people upset about the regs are just “sour grapes” because it looks like Mercedes will dominate.
That’s a mistaken take.
People and drivers are aggrieved and extremely disappointed in the inherent NATURE of the regulations, and how the cars must be driven (not driven, as the case may be), and how heinously offensive it is to watch. That will not change no matter what the development trajectory looks like.
The product on track looks offensive. It’s awful. And it’s inherent to the nature of the regs - it’s not changing.
Harvesting for such electrification means a permanent and unchangeable sacrifice of driver differentiation in high speed. That is obvious at this point, the needs of the regulation mandate this. There’s no room to engineer around this, physics is physics.
And that is a damning, heinous thing to watch. It’s so anti-racing and so anti-F1 that it’s an exercise in cognitive dissonance watching an onboard.
I hope to goodness that we all refuse to try and condition ourselves to accept this as “normal” or just “something to get used to”.
It’s not about parity, it’s not about who is in front or behind. You may or may not believe me when I say that, but this product would be no better if Ferrari were 2 seconds ahead of everyone.
This is not F1.
And I hope there is a swift and decisive fix, and a colossal push toward regulatory overhaul by 2029 with turbo V8’s with mild hybrid assist (turbo lag mitigation) and sustainable fuels. That is the solution.
Mercs and Ferrari seem to be a second faster than Red Bull. Red Bull also now have a questionable engine after Hadjar retirement. Max fans are gonna get bored this season. 0 wins incoming.