one of the biggest changes is how much theyve improved now operationally , the pitstops in Australia were all 2.2-2.4 range , no strategy mishaps and Charles went from p4 to p2 comfortably , Fred Vassuer deserves credit for this

Ferrari is the only team that decided to try something different. They understand that they are not catching RB by simply copying their car. This path at least gives them options.

Not a coincidence that Haas is greatly improved also both Ferrari and Haas had pretty severe tyre wear in race trim but very quick in qualifying trim. Great job by the team in Maranello.

If Max didn't DNF, oh man I think we would've been in for quite a show with Sainz and Max fighting for the win, but again like you said Max is a beast when it comes to tire management.

An interesting fact I read online after the race is ever since the Australian GP has been held in Melbourne from 1996, every team that has achieved a 1-2 result in Albert Park has gone on to the win that year's Drivers' and Constructors' Championships!😬😬

Funny how people have so much hope after 1 single dnf of max😂

4:40 Fernando Martin :D :D

I mean it's just crazy to think that in two races in a row Charles pulled out the fastest lap on ancient tires on the last lap. When would we ever have expected a FER car to be able to pull off this feat. I think that alone , though a small point is quite illustrative of the gains they have made . Great vid brother AS always !

Lets not forget, Mclaren was also not that far from Ferrari. It is hypothetical, but they could also be quite competitive on some circuits.

3:40 I remember watching the Race podcast during pre-season and they were highly critical of Ferrari not using the RBR suspension layout. Almost as if suspension layout was the only performance determinant lmao.

It's hard to conclude that they were quicker cos Max DNF and he was quick out of the blocks but for his brake issue. And we can't use Checo as a comparison cos he has had bad performances even last year in a good car. They might have been closer but not sure quicker

Agree Ferrari's tyre deg has improved, But it's a big but. Australia has historically been a good track for Ferrari.

Who are you 😂😂 what’s your background? Damn you keep cooking 🙌🏿🔥🔥

We gotta be careful with this comparison. Max had a mechanical issue that started on the formation lap. I won’t use anything beyond the qualifying session to base my further performance predictions off of. Try to keep things simple and don’t hurt anyone’s confidence if this dramatically changes in Suzuka. Of course Perez made a insane comment since he got smoked by 2 other teams.

Let’s see how they do with Max racing the full race. The other races the competition isn’t even close. I’m sure the gap is closer but the modeling and speculation that they are “better” than RB or even equal is a little premature.

This what I like about ferrari, they haven't followed the rest and changed suspension layouts and gone the red bull way. The have gone in their own direction, think this is why mercedes are having so many problems, they have had either a different chassis, different aero platform, or different suspension on 3 occasions during the 3 seasons. With that amount of change with no figuring out the previous design fully, is a small wonder they don't have previous track data that works or correlation from sim and cfd.

Great video, no bs no drama no gossip talk only tech and interest for actual racing. As a depressed ferrari fan the direction they have is almost too much hopium. Love your channel man hope it gives you satisfaction!

Awesome vidoe! I really hope we can see a competitive race between Ferrari and Red Bull especially between Max and Charles. Their racing in the beginning of 2022 was so good especially in Jeddah. I want something like that again

Great video, love the analysis!

I always looked for American based content for F1(always been a challenge). Glad to see these takes that align with my perspective/opinions. Another opinion of mine is that super hardcore American F1 fans have a slightly less biased perspective of the sport.

Another very good and informative video

Don't get too much hope just yet, even last year, where RBR was completely dominating, there was a race (Singapore) RBR suddenly underperform but then quickly recovered back to their peak form the next race. It might be a closer this year, but the first 2 races were still a clear hint that they're still way ahead of everyone else.

Love your videos, don’t stop making them

Great video as always

Im not gonna go round giving WDC shouts but Ferrari certainly look on track to do so in the next couple of seasons

I really don't think sainz would have won if max didn't DNF and I do not believe they will come anywhere near challenging max maybe next year that's a big if..

The only reason why Ferrari did as well as they did was because Max had a freak, seized brake disc & Checo was unfairly penalized after Q3. Until Checo damaged his floor, he had the fastest car 'on track'. If he had clear air then, he would have easily got the fastest lap. Don't get us wrong, Carlos executed an excellent race, after both RB's were severely penalized.

Problem with the example of Max in Mexico GP is because he wasn't under any pressure so he was able to just hit the same lap time on a constant basis but I believe the more there is pressure put on then things could prove to be different especially if there's two Ferraris behind him within 2 seconds

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WE LOVE THE TECHNICAL VIDEOS ,,,, HOPE THERE IS MORE TO COME !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hope atleast Ferrari can challenge Red Bull ❤.

Max finished Bahrain and Saudi 18-22 second ahead of Sainz and Carlos, I am not too sure what would make anyone think Carlos would have beaten Max at Australia. Still nice tyre information.

Kudos to the Maranello's engineer for all the hard work during the winter. I think its too early too judge Ferrari's chance regarding championship but as long as their upgrade seems to be well operate within the car and improving their overall performance then we can expect an even closer fight against the Red Bull. 🤞🏻

I think in that race Carlos was faster than Max even ig he didnt had brake failure, but was Max slower than Charles, i think not

Bro, please make the video on how well the ferrari car suits lewis driving style 🙏

I've just started the video. I'm not sure if it is mentioned further in, but McLaren is on very good pace as well

Ferrari had always great mechanical grip even 2021 car this reason why Ferrari is always great in Monaco because you need mechanical grip

According to German outlet Auto Motor und Sport, a Fernando Alonso tear-off visor got stuck in one of Sergio Perez’s ‘underbody channels’ - disrupting the airflow and downforce produced by his car.

I still need to see the Red Bull in Max's hands on a circuit like Suzuka, Catalunya etc. In Bahrain we haven't seen the best of Ferrari, in Saudi there wasn't really tyre wear nor was there reason for Max to push and in Australia the Red Bull had the most trouble with graining and of course Max DNFd.

Ferrari needs to close the 0.3 sec race pace gap to red bull this year & maybe then we can hope for a title challenge in 2025. In the interim, a few race wins (5-6) in 2024 will be a successful season for them.

in bahrain one of the drivers said that the redbull with the softs can go nearly same amount of rounds like others with hards. if this is true i dont think somebody can beat them with tireware

dont give us hope for a title challenge 🥴

7:38 I am not so sure about this. Because in most if not all the races in the past couple of years Max has never had to push the car to get the win. So obviously he will just look at the delta and try to keep the lap times consistent. It would be pretty interesting to see what he would do when there is some competition around. Let's hope this season will be a good one.

Ok so are we gonna get a 2017 Merc-Ferrari or is it too much to have an outside hope of a fight?

Beautifulness and preciseness are not words. Please use beauty and precision.

Would be really curious whether there based on the three first races, and the differences between Red Bulls, Ferrari, and McLaren you identify, you could look ahead to the tracks this season, and take an educated guess at which trucks will suit which car?

Mate, when will you post an expected upgrades video for the Japan GP...

Well see how bad the Ferrari really is when tyre deg is determined by load instead of temprature and compound in Japan, i suspect RB and Max in particular is going to murder the rest of the field.

Given that Max DNF the ability of the RB20 to not tear up its' tires as fuel load decreases has not much merit. Max has shown he can nurse the tires as needed to pull off the win. Also as Brundle has stated Max is comfortable with the uncomfortable. Also Carlos did not have Max pushing him so would the SF24 been as gentle on its' tires had Max been in the race. Would Carlos even had won? Does the Ferrari show good promise? In a word yes. It would be prudent to judge when there is a full length race between them. And anyone thinking RB has exhausted its bag of tricks to win races is swimming against the current. Lastly Ferrari has historically found a way to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. The race strategists have yet to prove their worth over the course of a full campaign.

Yes Verstappen is super consistent, but in the comparison with Perez, Max is in clean air compared to Perez behind others

so my f1 manager save isnt lying, red bull is is a really good high speed car and ferrari is a really good low speed car

Yay!!! Ferrari hopefully Sainz and Lecrec be consistent…always looking forward to your videos ❤👍

4:41 ah yes Fernando Martin, 2 time WDC who drives for Aston Alonso! 🔥

Thank god Ferrari is stepping up! Im a Red Bull fan but i don't want them to win constantly at least not without a fight. It is way more excoting when there is a Championship fight on the go!

Yay for tyre talk!

Not when there's thermal deg. The more thermal deg the stronger red bull are in races. There was no thermal deg in Australia. In Bahrain there was alot of thermal deg hence Red Bull won by alot, in saudi less hence red bull won by less there.

There's still that 0.5 or 0.6 sec race pace gap to Redbull. If they get their updates right they might reduce it significantly. A 0.2 gap means that qualifying becomes much more important, and races become much harder cause you might be faster but you still have to overtake on the the track, and any mistake might be fatal.

But Ferrari doesn't have Verstappen. And Red bull's engineers and pit crew also seem to be way better.

Fernando Martin :D

You forgot to mention that Perez said this before he knew he had floor damage.

Max was out after having issue from race start & Perez had damaged floor, so how can anybody possibly know without any real data!! This is just a shot in the dark!!

I appreciate your insights, F1Reeves.

Perez never was a tyre whisperer. Being slow is not tyre wear mastery.

Ferrari doesn't in normal circumstances. Australia was a outlier because it was so hot. Unexpectedly hot. RB was able to prep for Jeddah and Bahrain. Aus, not so much. It caught them lacking, and Ferrari being good enough in hot temps (they've been like that for years) meant they were prepped for a good race. And that's when the RB's had damage. lol. They're getting waxed at Suzuka

I still have virtually zero belief that this year will be competitive at the very front, but Ferrari is my main hope currently. Mclaren and Aston Martin I can't see them quite making it for this year and next year, and Mercedes are just tragic, I've fully given up on them.

Although we can all agree that red bull are still the clear favourites I don't think it should be too surprising if Ferrari manages to get a few wins here and there or at least make life difficult for Max. But certainly a step in the right direction for Ferrari, curious to see how far they can go

After one race 😂😂

Too soon to properly judge but it seems that ferrari are really improving. The thing is that RBR might have more performance left on their pockets as I'm not sure they're giving 100% yet. Japan will be a good measure about that and the actual order.

to me in this season the RedBull and Max Verstappen will still be very dominant, i don't think ferrari can neither compete for the constructors since Perez seems to be back in shape. Ferrari this year could get a few wins in tracks with high graining and in 2025 could look to finally make a competitive car.

Ferrari are trying somthing different and it’s working I expect McLaren and Ferrari to be the leading forces fighting with redbull for the next few yewrs

(Every few seasons one teams car seems to come to the fore and arguably Ferrari’s success is quite a few years overdue)- so I hope they continue to be successful for the next few seasons for the good of the sport globally..

Unrelated, but I'm starting to think low deg in general would bring any somewhat poorly performing car, regardless of general pace, to at least a very competitive midfielder, as long as it's not sorely lacking in literally eveyrthing else. This did well for Aston last year, and now Ferrari, I think good tyre wear performance is severely underestimated by both the teams and the fans.......what do you think?

What are these Ferrari B-Rolls. They look sooooooooooooooooo sick!!!!!!

i do still think Redbull is some ways ahead on these tracks, Max was afterall only "slow" because of his car killing itself. But seriously, Ferrari might have some chance for 2025, with a really good 2024 concept to build on, and they will have the strongest lineup on the grid for 2025. Depending on who's in the 2nd Redbull seat and if said driver delivers, maybe Ferrari has a chance to steal the WCC for 2025. I still think they will be behind, but not by much at all

Can't wait for 25 & even 26.

Hopefully leclerc gets to grips with the car,he struggled in Australia but i felt like he had it all under control in the last stint when he was quite a bit faster than sainz on older tyres.Hopefully he can do it in suzuka and extract that extra 10s in race time

Fernando Martin 🤔 😅

Answer: it’s not. Max didn’t race last week and in the other 2 races it wasn’t close. Japan will also not be close.

Vasseur really is doing the impossible

That fact that Max was able to keep up with Sainz with his brakes dragging should be extremely discouraging to the rest of the field. Thats a huge problem and he was still as fast as anyone.

Fred and Lewis in 2025 gonna be lit!

In Bahrain and Jeddah Max’ race pace was fastest. In Melbourne RBR had the same issue as in Vegas. That’s a track specific issue.

Redbull have the raw pace seemingly, so would it not be rational for them to focus their development primarily on tire wear?

we all know that in japan max will be 20 sec ahead

They were close because 1 of max rear brakes was stuck on 😂😂

So is this the reason HAAS is finishing in the points?

You didn’t address the difference of graining vs thermo degradation

Ferrari will always find a way to fuck up

We saw that the first 2 races

Fernando Martin!!!!

Imagine hearing Lewis shouting "Dai Forza Ferrari" in 2025

Think about it..... GOOD = pull + push OR push + pull VERSUS BAD = pull + pull OR push + push

... or temperature (not tempature)

Red Bull is still winning both WCs, let's not get our hopes up, but I do believe Ferrari may win few more GPs this year. Especially If the upgrades work as intended. We shall see.

are you guys serious? xD. Max had opened up 1.5 secs in 1 lap with a messed up brake. You think the race would have been competitive? xD

I must have woken up in an alternate universe where Verstappen hasnt won every race he has finished, taken 3 poles and was leading with a break issue when Ferrari finnaly caught up. I guess if there is a band wagon to jump on it, these channels will all jump on it.

Would be easy for Ferrari to have copied Red Bull and settle for P2. Going there own way seems to be working for them and Haas

Bahrain is not thermal degradation Bahrain is physical deg

Don't give me hope!

"Suspension set ups are overrated", Ferrari