The outcome of the first Saudi Arabian Grand Prix was bittersweet for Scuderia Ferrari, as the Maranello team leaves Jeddah with a seventh place for Charles Leclerc and an eighth for Carlos Sainz. On the plus side was the overall result in light of the battle for third in the Constructors’ standings with rivals McLaren, as the Italian side goes into the final race of the 2021 Formula 1 season with a reassuring cushion of 38.5 points over its opponents, while Charles Leclerc has moved up to fifth in the Drivers’ classification, now 4 points ahead of Lando Norris and Carlos Sainz has reduced the gap to the English driver to 4.5 and will try to overtake the McLaren driver in the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix next weekend.
At the same time, there is a sense of disappointment because the performance level in the race and also yesterday in qualifying, is not reflected in the final result, which could have been better, because the SF21 clearly had the pace to be the quickest car, apart from the two teams fighting for the titles, on both the Medium and Hard tyres, as was clear to see in the first stint.
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Scuderia Ferrari Team Principal Mattia Binotto opens up on the Italian side’s performance at the Jeddah Corniche Circuit:
“Today, the potential was there to bring home more points than we did. The many incidents in this Grand Prix did not play out in our favour, but the performance level of the team and the car was clear to see. Now we head to Abu Dhabi with a comfortable lead over McLaren in the fight for third place in the Constructors’ championship, while Charles has moved up to fifth in the Drivers’ standings. We must continue to concentrate and prepare well for one final effort, before putting this season behind us and focussing solely on 2022.” – the Ferrari boss explained, as reported by the Maranello team’s official website at the end of the 2021 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix.
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