The 2021 Formula 1 season has so far recorded six different winners – never so many since 2012 – and four teams that have been able to hear their national anthem at the end of a Grand Prix. In addition to the obvious ones, Red Bull and Mercedes, Alpine in Hungary and McLaren in Monza were carving out a memorable Sunday, with the papaya-colored team able to score even a one-two finish in Italy with Daniel Ricciardo ahead of Lando Norris, an unexpected result that made their team boss Zak Brown even tattoo the temple of speed on his left arm so as not to forget tehir magical Sunday dated 12 September 2021.
Ferrari is missing from this list, as the Maranello team has not celebrating a victory since the 2019 Singapore Grand Prix, when Sebastian Vettel preceded Charles Leclerc on a Sunday full of controversy at Ferrari as the German took the lead thanks to the strategy against the Monegasque. This season Charles Leclerc came very close to winning in Great Britain at Silverstone, a faded victory in the final stages of the race due to the recovery from Lewis Hamilton. Another big regret for Charles is the home Grand Prix of Monaco, where pole position was lost due to the failure of a hub carrier during the warm up lap, following the accident at the Variante delle Piscine that Charles Leclerc suffered in the final of Q3.
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The appointment in Mexico in the next round of the 2021 Formula 1 calendar could be the great opportunity for the men in red to return to hearing the Italian national anthem in front of the podium. Team principal Mattia Binotto will not follow the team to Mexico City in order not to leave Maranello at a crucial moment in the development of the 2022 car, but the ingredients to see a competitive SF21 are all there. “Hermanos Rodriguez has long medium speed corners, the ones the SF21 car has performed best this year. And above all the rarefied air given by the altitude (Mexico City is 2200 meters above sea level) forces the maximum aerodynamic load which, however, does not penalize speed” – we can read in today’s edition of La Gazzetta dello Sport – “the pure engine power, however, matters less. For this Ferrari will hope for a win Mexico or never this year.”
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