Leo Turini, a veteran of Italian racing journalism, is, like all Ferrari fans, concerned about the results of the Spanish Grand Prix and, as always, comments expressively and sincerely…
We saw a real Ferrari at Le Mans – it’s a closed-wheel car, and it took a historic victory in the legendary 24-hour marathon.
And in Formula 1, summer somehow started… like winter. The fiasco in Canada was followed by a rather mediocre performance in Barcelona. In the race, as in Saturday’s qualifying, the Scuderia was only the “fourth force”. The red cars were inferior in speed not only to Max Verstappen’s magnificent Red Bull, not only to Lando Norris’s McLaren, but also to Mercedes.
Of course you can trust Frederic Vasseur when he says that the SF24 already shows a more balanced behavior on the track than before. However, let him explain to us why (I am tempted to add “as usual”) the technical innovations developed in Maranello do not really work effectively.
Unfortunately, the image of a blanket that is too short always applies to Ferrari. A year ago the car was very competitive in qualifying, but chronically lacked consistency when it came to race speed. Now we see exactly the opposite picture: Ferrari is not fast in qualifying, but on the race distance the SF24 allows us to fight for higher results, there is no doubt about that.
Therefore, when solving these two problems, it is now very important to find the optimal balance. How Vasseur deals with this will determine his leadership qualities.
And here we have to talk about the professional relations between the team’s riders, which seem to be deteriorating. After the finish of the Spanish Grand Prix, Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz had a rather lively exchange of mutual reproaches.
Leclerc accused his partner of violating the agreements made before the start. The Spaniard replied in much the same spirit. Actually, this could all have been foreseen, because Lewis Hamilton’s switch to Ferrari was announced very early. Moreover, it seems that the atmosphere at Mercedes is not better for the same reason.
Most depressing, however, is that two potential champions are forced to arrange a showdown because they didn’t share the court in a fifth-place dispute. This fact overshadows all other considerations. In general, I repeat: at Le Mans we saw the best of what Ferrari is capable of…
Source: F1 News
I am Christopher Clyde, an experienced journalist and content writer with a passion for sports. I have been writing about Formula 1 news for the past five years and am currently employed as an author at athletistic.com, one of the top sports websites in the US.
