Ferrari faces strong criticism after the Italian Grand Prix at Monza
Strong words were directed at Ferrari following a lacklustre Italian Grand Prix at Monza. With such performances, critics say it is impossible to imagine the team fighting for a Formula 1 world championship. What was expected to be the race capable of giving some meaning to the season, instead highlighted once again the ongoing struggles of the Maranello-based team. Even Charles Leclerc admitted that Ferrari is not yet in a position to win a title.
Ferrari will never win a world championship like this
Carlo Vanzini, the Sky Sport commentator, also underlined this point in a long video analysis uploaded on his YouTube channel after the Italian Grand Prix. “Ferrari will never win a championship like this. I believe it was right to give great stability for the future with Frédéric Vasseur, but he must also be given complete freedom. He needs to be able to go to the engineers, convince them to come, and make changes. What cannot happen is that everything gets stuck for a month because the HR department has to process things or because of the endless bureaucracy that Ferrari has become. Formula 1 teams today are businesses for sure, but they must be managed with an iron fist in a velvet glove. You cannot think of running them as a normal company. Decisions must be taken in real time and that means granting full freedom. There must be trust in the staff. The staff must be aggressive, making bold choices, even ones that sometimes do not pay off, but at least trying,” said Carlo Vanzini.
The commentator stressed that, without a radical change in management approach, Ferrari will remain unable to challenge Red Bull or any other top competitor for a title. His words echo a sentiment that has been growing among fans and observers: the team’s bureaucratic structure and lack of boldness prevent it from achieving results on track.
What Ferrari should do next
Carlo Vanzini then turned his attention to what should be Ferrari’s next moves. “Now the engineers need a strong wake-up call. Starting with Loïc Serra, who has just arrived but must already begin delivering results. Look at Red Bull, they have continued winning even with Rob Marshall and Adrian Newey leaving. Enough is enough, this cannot continue. Someone has to take responsibility, heads must roll and something has to change. Otherwise, what changes if you change nothing? If I were in charge, I would take photos of the sea of red fans at Monza, turn them into giant posters, and hang them on the walls of Maranello with the phrase: ‘let’s do it for them.’ Because Ferrari is that passion we saw at Monza, and Ferrari races for those fans. I would take all those photos, put them up in Maranello, and write under them: ‘We were not up to their standards.’” – the Italian commentator pointed out at the end of the Monza Grand Prix weekend.
His message was clear: Ferrari needs to rediscover its identity and match the passion of its supporters with concrete results on track. Otherwise, the dream of fighting for a Formula 1 world championship will remain far away.
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