Team principal Mattia Binotto underlined the positive aspects of the Losail weekend, from the mechanics’ skill in changing the chassis of Charles Leclerc’s SF21 Ferrari car in time to avoid the risk of a start from the pit lane, up to the management of the tires that prevented problems with punctures as happened for example to Lando Norris, forced to make an extra stop which allowed Ferrari to continue the breakaway in the constructors’ standings in the fight with McLaren for third place. At the same time, Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz are now close to Lando Norris also in the drivers’ standings. However, the final results in Qatar cannot satisfy the Maranello team, with the Reds behind the Alpines and also Lance Stroll’s Aston Martin.
“In the desert we struggled to see the red spots on the horizon, permanently away from the spotlights. Ferrari: below expectations, while consolidating third place among the teams. But, in short, we are still waiting for a comforting and joyful Sunday a bit like it happened for McLaren in Monza, for Alpine yesterday and in Hungary, two teams that are more or less clearly behind in the standings“, reads today’s edition of the Corriere della Sera.
2022 is getting closer and closer and at the moment it seems difficult to believe in a miraculous recovery that will put the Ferrari cars on the same level as Mercedes and Red Bull, even if the regulations will change radically: “Two Ferrari cars lapped before the fortieth lap in a Grand Prix, that of Qatar, which included fifty-seven laps – emphasizes Leo Turrini in Il Resto del Carlino – recovering more than one lap from Mercedes and Red Bull, frankly, it risks resembling a climb of Everest with bare hands. I imagine that in Maranello they realize this and I can also guess the pressure that weighs on Mattia Binotto and on his staff. I summarize the concept with a single word, which refers to the upcoming Christmas deadlines: greetings. From the heart”.
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