2016 World Champion Nico Rosberg believes that too many mistakes are being made at Ferrari this season, and to correct the situation the team needs to change. In addition, Nico doubts whether Charles Leclerc’s departure from the French Grand Prix was the result of a driver error.
Nico Rosberg: “I think Leclerc took the blame for the relegation too quickly. What happened seemed very unusual to me, because he wasn’t even attacking at the time, because he was taking care of the tires.
This behavior from the rear of the machine can cause a gust of wind. If the rider is unlucky and the wind suddenly blows from behind, this can lead to a 20% loss of downforce and cause a crash.
By the way, what happened to the engine at that point? All it takes is a minor glitch in operation to get the rear of the car out of control. I think the team needs more time to study all the conditions because I don’t believe it was a rider’s fault.
Besides, it seemed strange to me that Charles didn’t try to return to the track, because the car wasn’t even broken, was it? But he complained about the operation of the accelerator. He may have broken the front wing on the guardrail, but I was surprised he didn’t even try to get out and move on. I don’t know exactly what happened at that point.
I grabbed my head when I saw Ferrari’s strategy for Carlos Sainz. What planet do they come from? Carlos was in the thick of a wheel-to-wheel fight on the track and that’s when they started talking to him. Was no one on the team looking at the monitors at the time? Did they make the pit stop the whole time? Seriously guys, what are you guys doing?
Then Carlos moved up to third and thanks to the tires he was able to reach the finish. He even had the chance to challenge Lewis for second place! And the team called him to the pits, deprived him of a chance and he only finished fifth. What’s going on there? I think it’s time for a big change for Ferrari.
They make a pit stop instead of fighting to the end, they get a penalty… It’s just terrible, I have no explanation for it. Mattia Binotto, it’s time to tackle all this and decide on some serious changes. That’s my opinion.”
Source: F1 News
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