After three practically perfect races in Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and Australia (except for the choice of the downforce configuration at the Jeddah circuit, to protect the tires in the race where the degradation of the hard compound was not as high as one could imagine), in Imola on the occasion of the home race, Ferrari recorded the first small mistakes that made the difference between a second place and a sixth at the finish line. The 2022 Emilia Romagna GP was therefore by far the worst Sunday out of the four so far.
Scuderia Ferarri team principal Mattia Binotto was interviewed by Sky Sport F1 at the end of the Imola race and analyzed what was an imperfect Sunday for the Maranello team, from the driving error of Charles Leclerc at the Variante Alta, to that of the mechanics in the box at the first pit-stop. The stop lasted 3.7 seconds due to a delay at the rear left, moments that made the difference allowing Sergio Perez with tyres already in temperatures to recover the second position at Villeneuve on Charles Leclerc, becoming an insurmountable obstacle for the Monegasque, also because the DRS was authorized with great delay despite the good track conditions. Charles Leclerc at the start had lost two places, but managing to pass Lando Norris with a nice overtaking inside the Tamburello:
“The spirit is still good, we must not give up, we must keep the morale high, today small episodes and details made the difference – the words of Mattia Binotto at the end of the Imola event – the start, the pit stop that did not give Charles the necessary margin on Perez, Carlos Sainz’s accident, who was unable to race for the second consecutive Sunday and was a victim today. It is part of the sport, we could have achieved a good result and it wasn’t like that. We have to keep up with Red Bull in terms of developments and fight as Charles said. He is disappointed because he has not collected what he could have been achieved today.” – the Ferrari boss concluded.
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