For Ferrari, the last two Grands Prix have been very positive in terms of points gained and also in terms of morale. Because a competitive red car hadn’t been on the Formula 1 championship grid for some time, that is, from the end of 2019. Two consecutive pole positions with Charles Leclerc in the street circuits of Monte Carlo and Baku, albeit ‘helped’ by the red flags, gave the Maranello team the possibility of temporarily breaking the tandem formed by Mercedes and Red Bull at the top of the rankings.
However, the problem of race management remains. There is currently no way to match Mercedes and Red Bull, except in wet or very special conditions. But Ferrari still needs to find a weekend ‘smooth as oil’ to maximize results: “The performance on a flying lap which was very surprising since it was so positive, was matched by a race pace that was never really satisfying. And that, presumably, will be the big theme from now to the end of the season. Apart from Monte Carlo, where we got to the end without regrouping, the reds always remained about a minute behind the winner “, writes the Gazzetta dello Sport.
Therefore the goal is to improve in the race, while continuing to get good qualifying positions to be able to start from the front and get out of mid-table trouble, where hits, mistakes and blocks are more likely. Taking the trails of Red Bull and Mercedes for a few laps could help in the true seasonal target, or third place in the constructors’ standings ahead of direct rival McLaren. To do this, Maranello promoted Ravin Jain to the pitwall, an engineer who had worked since 2017 in the remote garage of the Maranello team, alongside the strategy manager and sports director Iñaki Rueda ; Laurent Mekies, in this sense, takes on the role of racing director. Mattia Binotto is increasingly involved in the 2022 project: he will remain in Italy for several weekends, starting with the double in Austria.
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