@CL16_inside Down-to-earth work: have the right mentality, the right tools and the right candidates. These are exactly what Ferrari has been missing for so many years.
@FerrariF1FRA From the point of view of the results, they are right. It makes no sense to compare two cars with different technical cycles together.
Mercedes also has an ADUO upgrade, the RB engine is far ahead.
If we are lucky, we will be third in WCC. which is same as 2023.
i hold no warmth or joy for scuderia ferrari rn like. once you finally make it up to charles and reciprocate his efforts then we can talk lol idc if you clapped for charles what if you just started doing better?
@GazzettaFerrari "In Monaco and Canada we got good results"😂😂 Based on the whole team or only Hamilton's performance? You stand on the podium in Canada because the three cars ahead of you have problems. In Monaco, you encountered a serious brake problem, and one car even retired from the race.
The brakes situation at Ferrari is a conundrum. We can deduce some things, but there’s a lot we don’t know.
Ferrari have been Brembo exclusive partners forever. All drivers within the team will be accustomed to their performance profile, but also the majority of drivers on the grid deploy Brembo. No driver who came up through Ferrari would be allowed to use an alternate supplier. As recently as ‘22 and ‘23, Brembo powered Ferraris were among the top braking performers on the grid.
As a lifelong CI advocate and a non-Ferrari upbringing, Lewis brings fresh perspective and input here.
Brembo seem to have what is being described as a materials inconsistency - some work fine, others don’t. Lewis described it in ‘25 as “a lottery”, and ‘26 seems the same. According to AutoRacer, there have been internal complaints about consistency since ‘24.
Is this a Ferrari design issue? A Brembo production issue? Both? Unknown to us at the moment, but several other teams are using Brembo to great effect. That’s disconcerting.
In the immediate future, if they can’t deliver consistency there’s no short term option but to switch suppliers. But what about the ramifications of switching to CI components, namely discs and pads? This gets fascinating.
Needed modifications for master cylinder and caliper, sure. Critically, the brake by wire system would have to be recalibrated to the response of the discs and pads. They’ve already done this for Lewis’ car. But what is the knock on effect of the switch? Is it performance gain, or consistency gain?
This is where Ferrari may be caught between a rock and a hard place. In the last 3 races, we have seen a few mini trends:
1. Lewis has shown more consistent braking in SF-26 - especially since the split to CI
2. Charles has struggled more with tyre prep in qualifying than Lewis, thermally
3. In race stints, Lewis has complained more about wheel-spin, overheating rears, and a bit worse deg
4. Lewis has had to perform more brake related LiCo in races than Charles
What part of this is related to the brakes vs driving styles?
It would appear that the more consistent braking right now is provided by the CI disc and pad. Compounds are perhaps better at thermal consistency and materials consistency? And/or their material composition doesn’t struggle with the extremes as the Brembo’s do? Or they bite better even when cold? It may benefit a flying lap for tyre prep, but could also impact race stints.
Brake by wire systems blend MGU-K resistance with physical discs’ stopping power for a given brake pedal input, and the handoff when the ES is full and BbW shifts from MGU-K to full disc stopping power is a big issue in ‘26, as the discs are often outside of ideal thermals at the rear… Brembo’s seem to respond irrationally, the brakes sometimes do and sometimes don’t bite and just switch off thermally. If you’ve ever used cold carbon ceramic rotors on a road car… ouch. Exhibit, Monaco. But the inconsistencies may not be entirely new.
If CI solved this in ‘26 by retaining more heat or responding to the BbW transition better when cold, it seems to have a thermal impact in race trim - maybe in a negative way?
I say this, because quali prep for Lewis has been consistently better. But in race stints, he has also clearly suffered more thermal issues - overheating the rears, sliding, brake related LiCo, and a bit more deg… but he also knows the car will stop when requested by the pedal and is suddenly more confident on the brakes. Is that tradeoff worth it? For now, absolutely.
Maybe the Brembo’s could be kinder over stints, but suffer so badly in quali warmup or inconsistent response it’s impossible to stick with them short term vs the CI option.
In Ferrari’s perfect world, CI solve any thermal issues impacting race stint effectiveness, and Brembo solve the inconsistencies or response problems for quali warmup and erratic braking.
Ferrari brakes could be broke.
"Io da questo carro non scendo, se in questi anni di magra e di delusioni qualche volta siamo saltati sul divano per un sorpasso, una vittoria, una pole, è stato perché al volante c’era Charles Leclerc. E sto".
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@maranellosun16 They can even mess up the brakes they have cooperated with for 50 years. Who on earth believes that Ferrari can bring the correct engine which is much more complicated?
well, we already know this weekend will be a long one. charles will have to test out completely different brake discs than the ones he is used to (he's only used brembo during his 8 years in f1) and he'll have to adapt to it.
hope he manages to adapt to it quickly and soon be back to being more confident with braking.
[and for people saying he's never had brake issues before and it's something he "made up" now: he's had brake issues for many, many years. off the top of my mind, i can name bahrain 2024, where he lost a podium due to that. but, the issues had never been this bad to the point where 3 out of his 4 brakes stopped.
and i don't think brembo is fully to blame, but there is definitely something in the ferrari car that is not "matching" with these discs - likely something that changed with the miami upgrade, as before that he had no issues.
and he did mention lewis' direction (brake discs) have their own sort of issues, but given how they're more consistent, he (charles) will switch to them. but anyways, let's see how it goes now...]
Charles : « J’ai toujours été très honnête. peu importe le nombre d'erreurs que je fais, je DÉTESTERAIS me regarder dans le miroir et me voir trouver des excuses quand je fais une erreur, c'est pourquoi je suis toujours brutalement honnête quand je suis devant les caméras, mais aujourd’hui je ne vais prendre en rien la responsabilité. »
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Yeah don't you dare blaming Leclerc here. He got fucked by his own team. Play stupid games, fuck your drivers, ruin their confidence, and this is what you get.
That's not even mentioning the fucked up brakes.