Scuderia Ferrari are in turmoil at the start of the 2020 Formula One season as their uncompetitive SF1000 car has seen them fall to at least third in overall pecking order – and even that position could be debated given the current strength of the likes of McLaren and Racing Point.
Not helping matters in the second race at the Red Bull Ring was Charles Leclerc, who tried a very ambitious move on team-mate Sebastian Vettel on the first lap at Turn 3. However, there was simply no room for him and he slammed into a unsuspecting Vettel. The damage sustained on both cars was enough to see both Scuderia Ferrari drivers head back to the garage with DNFs next to their names.
Former Ferrari driver, Jean Alesi, does feel some sympathy for the drivers, however, as the car they have been given to work with is simply not up to scratch: “It wasn’t a pretty picture,” Jean Alesi said via Radio Anch’io – “But when you start so far back on the grid there is always a chance to touch each other. More than the pressure on the drivers the fact is that the car was produced badly and the lack of performance carries more weight because the solutions brought by the technicians do not work and the drivers are not guilty. This championship will not give many opportunities to a badly-produced car but Ferrari has the opportunity and the resources to recover.” – he concluded, as reported by the Italian media.
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