[Sudeep_Kimster]

Originally Posted by imidnightmare

Good to hope and dream, but pulling back half a second is tough. So if you're looking at speed trap data, one should also look at the data from the Q3 laps that Merc does on party mode. They dial it up a notch and last year, nobody had an answer, though the Ferraris were undeniably quicker in race trim on multiple tracks.

I won't stop hoping for more from Ferrari, but the reality is that the Merc is a complete beast and their qualy advantage looks way too significant for the others to haul them in any time soon...

I think you got the answer of my hope & dream, in this weekend's Bahrain GP.
Ferrari were genuinely fast in Bahrain and even with that pace they were kind on their tires.
Ferrari are right there with the Mercs now. Need to watch on cooler tracks and extremely high downforce circuits like Catalunya, how they fair.