Rob Smedley old Ferrari engineer
"I'm going to, give Lewis a shout out on this, it also feels like, he pushes the team hard, right? And we've talked about this before, when you get a driver of his standing in the team, the team just feels, you know, 1% more capable, um, and you're adding, like, you know, the 2,000 women and men who work at Ferrari,the little like 1% they all add up"
Jake: Yeah, um, and you still speak to people there. Was that the general vibe, is that Lewis is?
Rob : "Yeah, definitely, definitely.
We've talked about it before. I mean, they love him, you know, everything that I, you know, when I talk to the guys and, you know, one on one or like the group chats that I'm in, you know, they all absolutely, uh, love him because he's delivering, right? And he's a seven-time world champion, and they know that he is somebody who can deliver, he can still deliver world championships, but he's pushing them as well. But he's pushing them in the right way, and they recognize that. The guys who, from who've been there for 20 years or more, they recognize what, you know, the, the similarities between him and Michael"
The onboard footage doesn’t lie. Watch how @ScuderiaFerrari and the @fia orchestrated the perfect trap to destroy @LewisHamilton’s P2. The radio delay proves they knew exactly what they were doing. All of this just to push @Charles_Leclerc ahead. Disgusting. 🤡🏎️ #F1 #LewisHamilton
A Lewis Hamilton despues del GP de Monaco 2011 donde lo penalizaron tanto en clasificacion como en carrera le preguntaron por que creia que lo llamaban tanto los comisarios
"Quizás sea porque soy negro. De seis carreras, he ido a ver a los comisarios cinco veces."
15 años despues absolutamente nada ha cambiado, NADA
Before the race Fred was talking about how important track position is. When Lewis asked if he would be okay for the end of the race on the second hard tyre Santi said focus for now and we will manage tyres when ahead of Verstappen. And then they go and fucking give up track position when we have seen ALL DAY that you cannot pass. They could have claimed a P2, Max’s softs would have not been in good enough condition to attack at the end. Holy shit the incompetence. Could have EASILY put a few points on Antonelli, and instead they give up more points, do they even care? Shit man they’re not even willing to attempt going for the championship
Anthony Davidson: "I’ve looked at this so many times and I can’t work out why he gets a penalty. For me, he slows down sufficiently well. We’ve got this marker board on the left-hand side that stipulates the 80km /h speed limit. I don’t see that [speeding]. Let’s have a look at the exit. Obviously knew he was under time pressure to get out in that race with Antonelli. Again, for me, it sounds like he releases the pit lane button on the line itself."
"This guy knows what he’s doing when it comes to white lines and when to press the button. Maybe there was just an error when he was a bit too close to the line on the actual speed of the car and they were just pinged by that. Who knows."
"Strange that it only happened that one time. I don’t have enough data here and I can only go by the sound of when he’s pressing that button. For me, it looked totally fine on the way in, and on the way out."
Ferrari choosing to tell Charles Leclerc about Lewis Hamilton’s penalty before telling Lewis himself is certainly an interesting decision. A minute or two later, they informed the driver who is leading the championship within the team.
But sure, nothing unusual here just another “normal” Ferrari decision. Absolutely, no questions to be asked about what’s happening behind the scenes.
Charles' race weekend:
Turns up
Excels in FP1
Exists through FP2-3
Qualifies behind his teammate
Ends up starting above his teammate
Loses position to his teammate
Presses radio button a few times
Does nothing
Finishes behind his teammate
Classified above his teammate
Goes home
we clocked it. ferrari aren’t building this championship fight around lewis.
they brought in a seven-time champion for his experience, his technical understanding, and his ability to elevate the team.
but it feels like the bigger project is preparing the other one for titles.
@DaiiFernandaa With you on this. Doesn’t help FIA is shit. I have stopped watching live races if he isn’t winning. Even podium doesn’t excite me anymore
Every time I enter this app, seeing Leclerc fans speaking about how Leclerc finished ahead of Lewis in the past two races makes me laugh. Like, imagine your driver was in the same team for, God knows, how many years, and he didn't change anything! We all saw how Ferrari was doing in their past years. And when Lewis came, it took him just one year to understand everything happening in that team, and he literally helped change the whole dynamic of it. I didn't want to be the one who speaks like this, but the disrespect is unbelievable.
Can't believe Leclerc fans are stupid enough for me to have to prop him but Fernando Alonso is not only a two time world champion but also an easy top 10, for me possibly top 6, driver of all time.
Between 2005 and 2018 there were only 2/3 seasons where he wasn't in the top 2 drivers per season. Between 2008-2018 only Seb managed to challenge Lewis and Fernand's strangehold as the two clear best drivers on the grid.
He beat Mclaren Kimi and Ferrari Schumacher and was THE guy of the next generation until a certain someone rolled around.
He was nearly a 5 time world champion and has two of the, in my opinion, most impressive individual seasons lin the sports history to his resume.
Nico Rosberg other hand came in to one of the most competitive eras in the sports history and delivered standout performances wherever he went, be that at Williams or in his early Mercedes days. He then went on to challenge and beat the two greatest drivers in F1 history.
Charles would not be able to stay close enough to prime Lewis Hamilton to the point of being able to capitalize on his misfortunes and snatch a world title, at least he hasn't proven any such ability in the slightest.
The only reason Nico gets disrespected is because of his short career, the strength of the field (including three alltimers in their primes) and the fact that he had to share his best machinery with Sir Lewis Hamilton. Leclerc hasn't done anything to prove that he deserves to be in a conversation with him.
And Fernando, I mean come on. He's closer to Sainz than he is to Fernando.