Ferrari may have found its goal for the 2021 Formula 1 season, judging by what we saw in the Bahrain Grand Prix. After a terrible 2020 in every sense, in Maranello the winter work has led to a good base for the new project, which will allow us to fight for the third force in the championship. Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz will in fact be able to better express their driving skills unlike what happened in last year’s red car, with the same Monegasque and Sebastian Vettel struggling both on Saturday and after the lights went out on Sunday. For Carlos Sainz, the goal will be to beat his former team, and if the season continues like this it will be a Netflix-style novel.
“Every weekend Ferrari fans will have to focus on McLaren. The fight will be mostly with them. From what has been seen in Bahrain, the SF21 starts from a position of weakness. Insights will be needed in the form of developments, but there won’t be too much time or resources, while it is true that just being able to challenge for third place is a step forwrd. The improvements are clear and were by no means taken for granted. More cheerful Saturdays are expected, because competitiveness on the flying lap seems to have improved more than on pace. Third place is a useful goal to motivate yourself and launch the recovery. All of this based on the idea (which should not be taked for granted) that Aston Martin, AlphaTauri and Alpine are the ones seen in Bahrain,”- Published the Gazzetta dello Sport anticipating the themes of the next races.
“In other times in Maranello for a sixth and an eighth place at the debut the walls would have shaken. But not in this strange season, where rebuilding is more important than demolishing. Ferrari already knew last year what it would face when it agreed to postpone the technical change to 2022, voting in favor of freezing the chassis and rules. The SF21 is the daughter of that compromise, it carries with it the heavy legacy of the 2020 machine, the terrible SF1000, from which most of the components derive. The interventions in the rear area restored some oxygen to the tyres, allowing Charles Leclerc to keep one of the two McLarens behind. It will not be an exhilarating fight, but a fight to restore lost honor, where small details, technical and human, will decide who will be third or fourth force. Even the pit stops, another sore point of 2020, were carried out quickly (under 3 ”) after months of training, and investments in technologies and materials”- Corriere della Sera adds.
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