Do you think Ferrari can win the 2018 WCC at least?

I think we have a good chance of both still... ferrari won’t be sat at home ignoring the elephant in the room of their strategy, which is the main reason for their losses. When they come back, with a very strong car, we should be able to challenge. We had merc on the ropes at one point, and should have broken them, but we let them back up with Germany and Hungary.

WCC, nailed on, WDC, big chances. Forza Ferrari

 

Easier we win the wdc imo

 

The WCC can be won as long as the 2 Ferrari's together split the Mercs each race. If Merc has a few one two finishes then the WCC will slip away. Mathematically the WDC can still be won but strategy and pit stops not being fouled up will play a vital role to secure the win.

 

Germany was the ball breaker. Just sooooo bad from Seb.

 

Old news. The topic is the future as in the rest of the season.

 

Both titles are still very much in play. I still believe the Ferrari is the stronger package (and probably the outright fastest) now, but the bugaboo has been mistakes. Merc won't go quietly, but if the Scuderia can clean that up, they have a good shot at both titles, realistically.

 

Not a lot of hope from my POV.

Vettel is too mistake prone to consistently get the top points and will crash out once more at least this year.

Bottas is in a little slump, he'll snap out of it and start to sit on Hamilton's bumper in more races.

Hamilton will win 4 or 5 more races B4 the end of the season. (Italy, Japan, USA, Mexico, Abu Dhabi)

The Ice man is their best hope to get the point they need. He needs to finish ahead of Bottas for the balance of the season to have a chance, and I don't think Kimi can do that. (Although I think he may be the best of the four drivers, overall.)

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I was highly uncharacteristic for Seb to crash while leading. He is usually as cool as the other side of the pillow when it comes to driving from the lead position. His mistakes are normally red-mist related and involve trying to duel with another driver. IF the car becomes the class of the field, I think he'll hold up well. It's the strategic errors and pit mistakes that I fear more than driver errors.

Regarding Dave's post, I'm not so certain Merc has the advantage at the high-speed circuits (Spa, Monza, etc) any longer. We'll see once the Spec 3 engine is used on a race weekend, but I see all of those races as MAYBE toss-ups, with Ferrari having the edge. I will be interested to see if Merc makes any developments during the summer holiday in an attempt to counter the Scuderia's apparent gains.

I hope it goes down to the wire, at the end of the day. This is certainly the most competitive championship we've had in the new turbo era.

 

The elephant seemingly had a quiet and comfortable off season...why would summer break be different?

 

I think ferrari, as everyone, we’re not convinced during the off season that they would be true challengers, so their mindset followed on from last season, ‘what does it matter, we are all racing for third onwards’ mentality. I’m not saying it’s easy, but someone has to sit them down, make them realise that this year, we have a car capable, and two drivers that can deliver, and sharpen them up. Rerun races and show them how it should work, how they should be thinking, and design a plan.

I don’t believe that Ferrari’s entire strategy group and pit crew are totally incompetent, I think they are just lacking in true belief (we’ve had ten years of runner up, it’s confidence). They have to channel the Michael years and get out there with vigour.. if they can’t, let you, me and half a dozen others from here do the strategy, we’d smash it because like it or not, we have been watching and soaking up all these pit strategies over the years, I bet we really do have a clue and we aren’t shackled by failures of the past

 

My God, this thread sounds defeatist.
We are only half-way through the season, and some Ferrari fans have already abandoned hope of winning the WDC title !
That's not a vote of confidence for Vettel, is it?
There is still plenty to play and hope for at Ferrari, surely.
Titles have been fought to the last race, some years.
No need for Liberty to wish for a 23-race season, if the tifosi throw the towel after the 11th GP.

 

Mercedes to Ferrari points gaps at the F1 summer break...


2016 = 173 points
2017 = 39 points
2018 = 10 points

 

These numbers show the progress made by Ferrari. No other team comes near it .