#carlos sainz critical

[charles-leclerc-official]

saw Carlos going to go photobomb mclaren pic for norris and the general carlando of it all and started unconsciously grinding my teeth like you are in the red horse team!! famously the enemy of the evil orange team!! for another 2 months!! pull yourself together !!

I have to say I was skeptical when they plucked up a mclaren driver in 2021. But I went "he will be loyal to the red team and my doubts will be soothed."

Here we are 4 years later and my doubts have not been soothed.

[sainzinnorris]

carlos's radio message of “ gap to lando every lap" and carlos intentionally slowing down just enough to keep lando within drs range , lando understanding the signal. when told by his race engineer about the gap (0.8) carlos goes like “ it's on purpose ”. do you understand how much coordination, trust and intimacy you have to have with THAT driver to have that amount of telepathy with? like. nobody apart from CarLando could pull that off. i repeat, nobody else.

[f1-stuff]

Beyond The Grid // Chasing Championships in Ferrari Red

[TC] "You've been with Carlos now for four years. What will you miss about him?" [CL] "I think just Carlos, the person. I think we get on very, very well. Unfortunately, with the world as it is now, everything is over-analyzed, over-criticized. But the reality of things is that we always had a really good relationship. Yes, there's been many moments where, inside the helmet, I hated him and he hated me because we didn't view the situation in the same way. But everything was fixed after a discussion between us two... We had a lot of memorable moments that I will...yeah, remember forever."

[ghostellie]

F1 fans when a driver has human emotions

[papayafiles]

singapore was CRAZY bc wdym carlando held off a two-pronged mercedes war machine on brand new mediums, hungry for blood, hunting them down, nipping at their heels, with nothing but 42-lap-old hards and the good old power of friendship??!

this is cinema. that is main character behavior.

[myanmardoesnotexist]

Okay, this so very off brand for me and I am a Carlos enjoyer but this race just rubbed me the wrong way. Complaining twice over the radio about your teammate getting too close, which then forces him to slow down, which leads him to be overtaken is not really a great way of winning. I get it, team orders and all, but I don’t remember Charles having to ask his team to tell Carlos to slow down to win, and that’s why Ferrari was able to get that 1-2 in COTA, because both cars could push their pace. We could visibly see Charles holding back today, and then once he eventually gets caught Ferrari has the balls to tell him over the radio to try harder???

It’s a massive Ferrari failure in my opinion. They should have let their drivers race, albeit gently, and if Charles proved to have the pace and ability to pass Carlos, they should have let him. They screwed themselves out of a 1-2 in order to please a driver who won’t even be with them next year. Makes me really worried to see how they will treat Charles once Lewis is on the team. They clearly have no issue fucking him over even when he is fighting for 2nd in the WDC.

I’m not sure if I should tag this anti Carlos or not because I don’t hate him, I’m mostly just disappointed in the team, and to a small extent him. I think it was a bit hypocritical for him to ask his teammate to slow down so he can keep the lead (Charles literally was in DRS range early in the race, and was told to back off) when he has tried to push on his teammate before when Charles had the lead. I would be thrilled for a Carlos win if his and Ferrari’s decisions hadn’t cost them a 1-2, just as I would be fine with the team orders. But in this case all I can be is disappointed in both of them for screwing their title fighting driver over.

I think I’ll tag it just to be safe. For the record this is no hate on Carlos as a person, just a little bit of frustration toward him as a racer.

[janesurlife]

imagine talking shit about him and he's in his rally car like 🚗⚡⚡⚡💨

[cuntlos]

carlando losing their words and gazing™ when they get distracted by each other in the middle of interviews

[silentreigns]

A note about Carlos, mostly about Jeddah

I gotta rant because I've just been seeing a lot of opinions about what has happened to Carlos within the last week. And instead of just going under every single post explaining why you're wrong, I'm just going to write an essay. The real tumblr experience is getting emotionally invested in something, and putting more effort into your writing on here than school or work. With that being said, if you dislike Carlos then this is not the post for you 🤷‍♀️

The "This is the first time Ferrari has felt like a family in a long time" comments are very mean. It's actually been bothering me since last Friday. Y'all saw a man visibility sick from a condition, and he probably knew he shouldn't have jumped in the car in the first place, try and persevere just for our entertainment/ his dedication to the team, just to say that it felt more like a family when he wasn't driving has rubbed me the wrong way. Granted, I think it was dumb for him to leave the hospital against doctor's orders and go to the paddock. However, that shows how passionate he is about Ferrari. He did not have to send message wishing Ollie good luck, or show up to the Ferrari garage to watch the race in person. But he did it anyways because he genuinely loves Ferrari and has done so much for the team (you guys who continuously say that he's not a team player do not watch the same race as i do or you just straight up don't like him. But don't discredit him because you feel some type of way for whatever reason). You don't need to hear it come out of Carlos's mouth to hear how heartbreaking that is. It's his last year with the team, and he has one less chance to drive the car he's been working his whole career towards driving. Why is it that he's spoken endlessly about how much he loves Ferrari and some of y'all have convinced yourself that he doesn't. Saying that because his family members like tweets or share Instagram stories that you don't agree with is such a cop-out excuse. From what I have seen, nothing he has said or done would lead me to believe that he's not truly a dedicated member of the Ferrari family. Yes Ferrari has had periods where the team was very disjointed and fragmented. But here in 2024, that is not the case.

[leclerc-s]

how are the people who were certain carlos was going to red bull doing today?

[oxygenpdf]

One thing Charles needs to calm down with, is his constant criticism of himself. Okay, you made a mistake, think about it. Charles will ramble on about how bad he did, how it was his disappointment. To some extent, I understand why. But at the same time, he’s been told many times by Fred and indirectly Max and Carlos that he’s being too hard on himself.

Charles, I love you and all, but think first.

[charles-leclerc-official]

2024 Bahrain Grand Prix Race Analysis

My in depth analysis on Charles and Ferrari as a team, George, Logan + some additional notes on other drivers/moments

Charles

Charles started from P2 but right away it was clear that something was not right with the car. After locking up in several corners it became clear that he had a serious issue with his brakes. Radio revealed that he had a major brake imbalance with a temp difference of 100 degrees. 

This made him unable to defend against Russell and Perez and he was also overtaken by teammate Sainz(in an unnecessarily risky move on Sainz part)

Later in the race Charles did pick up some pace. Overtook Russell, and set the second fastest lap of the race. All on brakes that were wildly out of balance and overheating. It can not be overstated how impressive his driving was under these conditions. 

He finished in P4, behind his teammate Sainz and the two Red Bulls.

Charles' race did look different at the beginning and the end. At the beginning he was completely thrown off by the brake issue, unable to trust the car.

Near the end he at least had managed to mitigate enough to overtake Russell and actually gain some pace towards the end.

I firmly believe that without the brake issue Charles would have been on the podium and would have been contending for P2 at the very least. P4 in these conditions just speaks to his skill as a driver. 

Ferrari and Sainz

Sainz: quick mention of Sainz part in the race. His overtake on Charles was unnecessary and dangerous. He would have had the chance to pass safely but was impatient. Other than that his race was fine. Didn't make any progress gaining on Perez and finished P3.

Ferrari

As tough as this weekend was there are a lot of positive takeaways for Ferrari. 

We learned that the SF-24 has better race pace and does not have the tyre degradation issues of the SF-23.

Carlos' race showed the improved reliability of the SF-23

If that was Charles race handicapped by brakes then he will be competitive in future races

Ferrari clearly top 2: both drivers brought home points for the constructors

Pit stop timing was good, and Charles' stop was the fastest of the race.

If this is the base then Ferrari are at a good starting point for developing the car over the season. 

Ferrari knew there was something up with the temp management on Charles’ car because they replaced the front left brake duct exit deflector. A bad adjustment or other error made by the mechanics making this adjustment cost Charles his race. 

Fortunately this is an issue that can be easily fixed before Jeddah.

Strategy-wise the biggest problem was Sainz. There was no reason to pull that overtake on Charles. It was risky. Ferrari were probably going to have them swap anyway because of Charles' problems. He should have waited and not put pressure on an already struggling teammate. 

I agree that it does make sense to have the driver who isn't dealing with a major mechanical problem in the front, but that means it should be orchestrated by the team at a safe point to do so. It wasn't urgent. So Sainz really was not serving the team with that move. 

Telemetry confirms Charles' brake issues, and that he was competitive with Sainz even with overheating brakes. It also shows that Carlos was not fighting the brakes in the same way.  He was actually making up better pace than Carlos by the end of the race. It's pretty clear he would have been on the podium without the brake problem.

Over the course of the race Charles was able to mediate, and you can see how close he was even with the problem with the brakes.

Charles set his fastest lap which outdid Sainz even while he was struggling on the brakes and Sainz didn't have any such issues.

As painful as this race was, it's a better start for Charles and for Ferrari than last year. 

George 

George qualified P3 and finished P5. 

At the start George was looking good holding onto his position. But as the race progressed it became clear he didn't have the power to hold onto his place. He was overtaken by both Ferraris(by Charles twice) 

The issue he faced was with the engine cooling problems with his car. George couldn't push the overtake button to really stay competitive, he risked overheating and frying the engine if he did, so he basically was stuck where he was until he was caught, unable to fight back after being overtaken. Realistically he should have been able to stay ahead of Charles(who was having his own problems)

This does seem to be a weakness on both Mercedes. It's a shame because he is fast and drove about as well as he could given the limitations of the car.

Starting off ahead of Lewis which looks good for him long term. Though Lewis was also battling similar issues and a broken seat. 

Logan

Sad day for Logan. And another case of a bad result not being a driver's fault. He had a problem with his steering wheel that based on my understanding of how it was reported, changed the brake balance by itself(it's hard to figure out what exactly went on). This apparently was an issue in qualifying and it happened again causing him to be unable to brake reliably around a turn and come to a halt completely. 

Still he was able to finish his race.

It's unfortunate because until the wheel problem cropped up his pace was improved from last year, and we might have seen a much better result. He was actually faster than Alex at the start and put in an impressive fastest lap time.

You can see his pace was good and then becomes suddenly erratic. He was on pace to place higher.

Logan finished in P20, which means he can only improve in placement. 

Based on what we saw in testing and quali and even those opening laps I do think Logan's driving has improved and hopefully he gets to show us that this year.

Other moments and drivers of note

Valtteri: had mechanical issues with the car and ended up with a pit stop lasting 1:14

Yuki: Yuki's race was the most frustrating after Charles. And it's because he was not being prioritized by the team when it would have been wise to do so. VCARB gave team orders for him to switch places behind Daniel. Daniel was unable to overtake Magnussen and this move was a posturing stunt for Dani. Yuki is right to be angry. He was fighting for points and the team threw that away to give priority to Dani.

Alex: Alex had some similar issues to Logan and was unable to race properly. Power issues as well as wheel problems made it impossible to overtake.

Haas: were better than expected. Might actually get more points than last year. Tyre management and wear was better. 

Zhou: also put in a good first race, coming in just outside the points in P11. 

Lewis: his seat broke somehow??? Probably the strangest car problem of the race. I don't even know what to say about that. But if Mercedes can't even build a chair it's no wonder he's leaving. 

Mercedes: Lewis had battery problems, and both cars had engine power problems making it difficult to gain places.

Red Bull/Max started strong, no real surprises there. 

This race is notable because all 20 drivers did complete the race.

Overall this race revealed a lot of mechanical and technical issues in Mercedes and Williams. Ferrari performed well in spite of Charles' brake issue. We have yet to see these cars reach their competitive potential against Red Bull.

See you next week for Jeddah GP analysis

Source F1 Tempo

[enjoythebutterflies21]

Something I need certain fans to understand is that most of us are not begrudging Carlos getting a 10 in the Aramco Power rankings.

But can you pls tell me how Max can get a Grand Slam and still not get a 10? - Bahrain 2024, ranking 9.6

Or, and this one is honestly even worse imo, how Max can clean sweep the entire weekend - lead FP1, FP2, FP3; get pole, lead every lap, get fastest lap, win the race (by 20+ seconds), get a Grand Slam - and still only get a 9.6 in the rankings? - Spain 2023

We are criticizing the inconsistency and frankly said, the clear bias of those rankings.

[drspleenmeister]

Le sigh… Icon has this level of human at their disposal and THIS is the shit they choose for him to showcase? Just… come on.

[amanynaja1]

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[velvetsainz]

do we really not understand the purpose of placating carlos (i don’t even think this is placating but, just, stick with me here)…like he could pretty single-handedly entirely fuck ferrari’s position in the standings this season while he’s actively being courted by the other two top teams who they are in direct competition with for the foreseeable future