Leclerc says SF24 ‘bouncing’ masking car's genuine progress.
While the array of tweaks delivered undeniable aerodynamic improvements, it also significantly amplified what was up to then only a mild bouncing issue suffered by Ferrari’s drivers, mainly in high-speed corners.
13/08/2024
Michael Delaney
F1i.com

"From Spain onwards, I think this was more the turning point where we brought something on the car, which the numbers, as I've always said, were there," Leclerc told Motorsport.com. However, the Monegasque went on to detail the downside to the changes.

"It induced quite a lot of bouncing that we've been struggling with. And on my side, specifically, I went very aggressive in the last four races with set-up, especially, trying to find solutions for that. I've always been [aiming] to go for the last hundredths, and I think this is the approach that pays off whenever things are as they should be.”

"Whenever you have a car, that is bouncing, by example, you cannot go too close to the limit because the car is doing more unpredictable things, and you've got to keep more margin.

‘Bouncing’;

https://f1i.com/news/516282-leclerc-...-progress.html


Leclerc: Frustrating issue has hidden Ferrari’s true progress
The Scuderia have struggled to compete for race victories since Leclerc's home race win in Monaco
August 13, 2024
Nathan Hartley
FormulaNerds

Hidden potential in SF-24: Leclerc says that the bouncing issues has hidden the true performance of the SF-24. The Monegasque firmly believes progress has been made on the aerodynamic side of the car. The Ferrari driver spoke to Motorsport.com to explain:

“From Spain onwards, I think this was more the turning point where we brought something on the car, which the numbers, as I’ve always said, were there.”

Bouncing has caused unpredictability: Both Leclerc and Sainz feel they can’t push the SF-24 to the maximum due to the bouncing. The unpredicatability has caused more room for error, as seen with Leclerc during practice around the Hungaroring.

‘Scuderia have struggled’;

https://www.formulanerds.com/news/le.../?nowprocket=1


Charles Leclerc told he’s been dealing with a ‘serious handicap’ at Ferrari this season
11 August 2024
Ben Evans
Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc has been left frustrated this season despite sitting 3rd in the Drivers’ Championship. Leclerc’s has had some bad luck, suffering from a technical issue in Canada before being hit going into the opening corner in Austria. Writing in his column for Formule1.nl, former F1 driver Tim Coronel has been assessing Leclerc’s season.

Coronel also believes that Leclerc’s lack of a race engineer he can rely on is proving to be a ‘serious handicap’. It’s been said that Leclerc’s relationship with new engineer Bryan Bozzi isn’t working after he replaced Xavi Marcos earlier in the campaign. Ferrari will want to deal with the problem sooner rather than later but getting the car right and fully understanding their upgrade packages is arguably even more important.

Reflecting on Leclerc’s season so far, Coronel said: “He won the Monaco GP, his home race, but mainly because you can’t overtake anywhere there. But that’s where it will end. The car isn’t working, but there’s more going on at Ferrari. He lacks an engineer he can rely on, which is a serious handicap. With Leclerc, you can just see that he doesn’t have the tools to get it all done. It’s actually quite simple: in Formula 1 too, the chain breaks at the weakest link. He himself is certainly not the weakest link and he’s upset about the situation which is logical.”

‘Serious handicap’;

https://www.f1oversteer.com/news/cha...i-this-season/


Ferrari "pushing like hell" to cure bouncing after summer break
30 Jul 2024
Michael Delaney
Motorsport.com

The Italian outfit introduced a significant upgrade last June at the Spanish Grand Prix, a package that included among other adjustments changes to the SF24’s floor body and floor edge.

Charles Leclerc: "Whenever you have a car, that is bouncing, by example, you cannot go too close to the limit because the car is doing more unpredictable things, and you've got to keep more margin. Which is something that I know I'm a bit... yes, it's not my approach, and so always, I'm going to pay a little bit more of the price whenever these things happen.”

"However, I don't think that this was the main issue in the last few races. It was more about putting the car in very extreme places in order to get something out of it and to understand and that was the main reason of the lack of performance of the last few races.”

‘Cure bouncing after summer break’;

https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/f...reak/10640434/


Revealed: The data that could have Lewis Hamilton regretting his Ferrari move
6 Aug 2024
Pablo Hidalgo
PlanetF1.com

The F1 world exploded on February 1 with the announcement of Lewis Hamilton’s move to Ferrari. A move that the British driver had already flirted with on several occasions without hiding his desire to race for the Italian team, but always finally renewing his contracts with Mercedes – until now.

With a worrying start to the year for Mercedes and Hamilton critical of the car and the team, it seemed that his decision had been an extremely wise one. As if Lewis was able to predict the future. But all that has changed since this season’s Canadian GP where Mercedes has finally found the right development path after always being a step behind with these regulations due to erratic behaviour from their last cars.

By now, Hamilton should be having some doubts about his decision and perhaps even regretting leaving his “family” to explore a new challenge with Ferrari. But, more worryingly for Lewis, Ferrari has stagnated since Monaco. After introducing the Imola upgrade package that was expected to be decisive in the Italian team’s Championship winning hopes, Ferrari has scored just two podium finishes, and with external events playing in their favour, not on their own merits.

‘Regretting his Ferrari move…’;

https://www.planetf1.com/features/le...-data-analysis


'Don't need': Peter Windsor explains why Lewis Hamilton’s move to Ferrari is a ‘crazy decision’
12 August 2024
Rory Mitchell
F1 Oversteer

Peter Windsor brands Lewis Hamilton to Ferrari move ‘crazy’: Ferrari is on the verge of potentially mounting a title challenge now that the field has converged for the first time in the current regulation set.

Many of the teams are set to switch their main focus to their 2026 cars, although there is still room for the Scuderia to improve their chances with their current car for 2025. But instead of Hamilton, Windsor believes the team should have employed another high-profile individual in F1 who was also on the market this year.

“Lewis to Ferrari, for me, is a crazy decision because they have a good team anyway,” said Windsor. “They don’t need Lewis Hamilton to take them to the next level, they have everything there. What they needed was Adrian Newey but they haven’t got that.”

‘Crazy decision’;

https://www.f1oversteer.com/news/pet...razy-decision/


Report: The key Ferrari figure who personally vetoed the signing of Adrian Newey
7 August 2024
David Comerford
F1 Oversteer

Ferrari won’t be signing Adrian Newey following his resignation from Red Bull. The much-anticipated combination of a legendary designer and an iconic team hasn’t materialised. Before this year, Newey had already come close to joining Ferrari three times. It seemed as if their fourth approach would finally be successful.

They wouldn’t have to worry about prising him away from Red Bull this time, because he was free to join another team in early 2025. Team principal Fred Vasseur held talks with Newey after he resigned, and negotiations reached an advanced stage. Why Ferrari boss Fred Vasseur rejected Adrian Newey. Autosprint claim that Ferrari initially planned to sign Newey at all costs. But that proved to be solely a figure of speech.

The 65-year-old wanted a say in the team’s recruitment, assignment of roles and technical partnerships. When he learned of these demands, Vasseur ‘got in the way’ of the move. The ‘economic aspect’ was never an issue, which suggests that Ferrari could have paid a similar salary to Aston. The bigger problems were ‘political’. ‘Vasseur said no’ to the signing, and while Enzo Ferrari’s son Piero was personally involved in the negotiations, the team principal’s word held sway. He still has to fill a hole in his technical department following the departure of Enrico Cardile, who’s also joined Aston Martin.

‘A figure of speech’;

https://www.f1oversteer.com/news/the...-adrian-newey/