Ferrari president John Elkann has mentioned the disappointing Brazil Grand Prix that resulted within the Maranello outfit slipping from second to fourth within the constructors’ standings after a double DNF. The Ferrari chief claimed that drivers Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton have to “concentrate on driving and speak much less”.
“We gained the Endurance world titles in Bahrain, and it was a unprecedented feeling. Successful each the constructors’ and drivers’ championships reveals that when Ferrari is united, when everybody works collectively, we are able to obtain actually nice issues,” he advised Sky Sports activities Italy.
“Brazil was a giant disappointment. Wanting on the Components 1 championship, we are able to say that we’ve our mechanics, who’re principally successful the championship with their efficiency and every thing that has been accomplished on the pitstops. Our engineers have undoubtedly improved the automobile. However in relation to the remaining, it’s nonetheless less than par.
“And absolutely we’ve drivers who have to concentrate on driving and speak much less. We nonetheless have essential races forward of us, and it isn’t not possible to attain second place [in the constructors]. That is a very powerful message, as a result of Bahrain itself is the demonstration that, when everybody at Ferrari work collectively, we win.”
Heading into the Brazil Grand Prix weekend, Ferrari sat second within the constructors’ standings. A blended dash qualifying left Leclerc and Hamilton beginning the dash race from eighth and eleventh, respectively. Whereas the drivers had been in a position to convert this into fifth and seventh-place finishes, it was not sufficient to maintain Mercedes at bay because the Brackley outfit overtook Ferrari within the standings with second and third-place finishes.
Sadly for the Fred Vasseur-led workforce, the weekend continued to deteriorate. Leclerc began the race from P3 on the grid however finally retired after a conflict with Andrea Kimi Antonelli and Oscar Piastri. Hamilton, who began from thirteenth, additionally retired as a result of injury sustained from early collisions with Williams’s Carlos Sainz and Alpine’s Franco Colapinto.
The double DNF, mixed with a powerful drive from Purple Bull’s Max Verstappen from the pitlane to P3, positioned Ferrari fourth within the standings by the tip of the weekend.
Hamilton was notably damning in his reflection of the weekend. “It is a nightmare,” he advised Sky Sports activities F1 after the race. “I have been residing it for some time. The flip between the dream of driving for this wonderful workforce after which the nightmare of the outcomes that we have had.
“The ups and downs. It is difficult. Tomorrow I will get again up. I will hold coaching. I will hold working with the workforce. I actually wished to get them good factors this weekend however I will come again as robust as I can within the subsequent race and attempt to get well.”
With three rounds remaining, the battle for second within the constructors’ championship is tight with 36 factors separating Mercedes, Purple Bull and Ferrari.
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