In Suzuka anonymous race of the reds, never up to the best: Vince Verstappen on Red Bull in front of the Mc Laren
It was supposed to be the redemption Grand Prix after China’s disasters, but in Suzuka in Japan there Ferrari Bring home only a fourth place with Charles Leclerc (who had left in the same position on the starting grid) but above all it shows once again that the reds are very far from the MC Laren and also from the Red Bull of the extraordinary Verstappen Which after Saturday’s pole wins also thanks to the uncertainties of the rival team in the choice of tires. The red crisis continues because Leclerc has never been competitive and for Hamilton The choice to focus on hard pirelli hoping to go out to the distance was not received. It is true that the English party eighth was the only one to improve the official position by closing Settimo, but the performance of its reds are still far from that of the best. Basically Ferrari remained where it was Saturday. Leclerc sailed halfway through 53 laps, unable to attack McLaren but firmly in front of Russell’s Mercedes. Hamilton, on the other hand, placed Settimo and missed in the second part of the Grand Prix when, with the middle school, he was gradually detached from Antonelli with Hard. Overall, a Ferrari with a 2-3 tenth-tenth handicap at the Giro. A few small signal of improvement can be glimpsed, but these are certainly not the results that Maranello’s team expected to achieve. The work was completed last winter to give Leclerc and Hamilton a winning car, instead the Gap with the best remains too high and do not convince the words of Vasseur who continues to repeat: “We have to work”. The same refrain used throughout the season from Thiago Motta to Juventus, just to remain in the context of companies managed by John Elkann, who cannot certainly be satisfied with the results by his sports clubs. It is difficult to think that Ferrari can return to the race for the World Cup after seeing it at work so far. The updates that will arrive in Bahrain (apparently) should correct some flaws on the single -seater, but recover three tenths on the first, at least the esteem is this, it will certainly not be a walk. And Ferrari will have to solve above all the balance problems that have emerged in these first great prizes. In the Ferrari Manufacturers World Cup fourth in the standings with 35 points, thanks to the 20 collected by Leclerc (the first useful result of the season) dominates the Mc Laren with 111.
