A solid performance that could have yielded more: that’s the summary of the performance of Scuderia Ferrari in the 2021 United States Grand Prix at the Circuit of the Americas on Sunday. In front of a huge crowd, with over 400,000 attending over the course of the weekend, Charles Leclerc finished the race in a solid fourth place, from where he started. The Monegasque driver had a lonely race, running at a good enough pace to gradually pull away from his pursuers. Carlos Sainz on the other hand, lost two places to finish seventh. He fought hard, but paid a heavy price for a mistake from the team during the pit stop, which pretty much cost him two places.
Scuderia Ferrari Team Principal Mattia Binotto comments and impressions at the end of the 2021 United States Grand Prix at the Circuit of the Americas:
“We leave Austin having demonstrated, both in qualifying and in the race, that we have made progress even on a track that, on paper, is not particularly suited to our car. However, there’s some disappointment, because we did not do as well as we could have done, with the mistake at Carlos’ second pit stop costing him two places. We have always said we must use this season to make progress, because only if we are perfect in every area can we aspire to the higher echelons and we saw the importance of that again today. One slip up in what was overall a good weekend has cost us valuable points. Charles and Carlos were excellent today and in this part of the season, the performance of the SF21 has improved, partly thanks to the introduction of the new hybrid system. I believe we can fight for third place all the way to the end and that we have everything in place to achieve that.” – Scuderia Ferrari Team Principal Mattia Binotto concluded, as reported by the Maranello team’s official website at the end of the 2021 United States Grand Prix.
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