2009 Components 1 champion Jenson Button has responded to Ferrari chairman John Elkann’s sturdy message to the workforce’s drivers, Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc.
The Brazilian Grand Prix was a weekend to overlook for the Maranello outfit after it slipped from second to fourth within the constructors’ standings. Whereas Leclerc and Hamilton transformed eighth and Eleventh-place begins within the dash race to fifth and seventh-place finishes, Mercedes secured second and third with Andrea Kimi Antonelli and George Russell. Because of this, the Brackley outfit took second from Ferrari within the standings.
Leclerc secured a P3 begin for the grand prix with Hamilton again in P13, however a collision with Antonelli because of contact with Oscar Piastri ended the Monegasque driver’s day, and the seven-time champion retired attributable to injury picked up from early contact with Carlos Sainz and Franco Colapinto, leaving the workforce with a double DNF.
Pink Bull driver Max Verstappen’s commanding drive from the pitlane to the rostrum in P3 meant Ferrari was overtaken once more by the Milton Keynes outfit.
“Brazil was a giant disappointment,” Elkann informed Sky Sports activities Italy. “Trying on the Components 1 championship, we will say that we have now our mechanics, who’re principally profitable the championship with their efficiency and all the pieces that has been performed on the pitstops. Our engineers have undoubtedly improved the automobile. However in relation to the remaining, it’s nonetheless lower than par.
“And certainly we have now drivers who must concentrate on driving and discuss much less. We nonetheless have necessary races forward of us, and it isn’t unimaginable to realize second place [in the constructors]. That is crucial message, as a result of Bahrain itself is the demonstration that, when everybody at Ferrari work collectively, we win.”
Button was one in all many to react to Elkann’s remarks. “Perhaps John ought to lead by instance,” the Briton wrote.
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