Despite the fact that Ferrari does not lose hope of returning to winning ways for the rest of the season, with Carlos Sainz as one of those who has the most faith in the team, the problems are piling up.
Ferrari is one of the teams that has been worst hit by the summer break: While it is time to go back to the last Austrian Grand Prix to find the last victory of the Italian team in Formula 1, the first two races of the triplet with which the action has returned to the tracks have not changed its negative dynamics.
Own Mattia Binotto confessed at the end of the race in Zandvoort that “we have lost something since Hungary”, assuring that “there is more potential than we have seen”, although both World Championships seem decided for Max Verstappen and Red Bull unless reliability prevents them from seeing the checkered flag in the remainder of the championship.
“I don’t know what happened […] we have to do whatever it takes to bring back the race pace we had »
In its home GP, Ferrari has opted for a special decoration based on the yellow color, protagonist of the local weekend for the Scuderia, but the imminent sanction of Carlos Sainz for mounting a renewed power unit, since it is mechanically at the limit, could ruin the appointment.
«It is not yet official that he will penalizeeye”, Sainz reflected aloud in statements collected by BRAND. “If it happened, at least I wouldn’t be last, but it would be a bit like Spa, with several drivers sanctioned behind,” continued the # 55, hoping to suffer the same fate as his teammate in Belgium.
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From bad to worse
The rider from Madrid conceded that “it’s a bit frustratingbecause in a race like Monza you want to shine”, running as a local and with the tifosi as support no matter what happens.
However, Sainz considers that «we can put on a good show before our fans overtaking coming out of the bottom”, setting this objective as his goal for a race that will start against the foot of confirming his change to a new updated engine in its electrical part.
«I don’t know what has happened: how much is overheat tiresto optimize the pack in each race or in my case the contact at the exit of Holland with Hamilton and the damage to the ground; we don’t have the benefits we wantand we have to do whatever it takes to bring back the race pace we had”, pondered the Ferrari driver, desperate not to get off the podium and be in the fight for victory in every race weekend.
Lastly, Sainz noted that, while Red Bull seems to be out of his reach anymore and playing “in his own league”, in Mercedes they have taken the right steps to interpose themselves between the two, even threatening their second position in the constructors’ championship.
“They have done a great job in the last races, they have made a great leap,” Sainz analyzed before leaving it up in the air if they will finally apply slipstreams or not. “It’s racing, part of the charm at Monza, strategy and tactics, rare and beautiful classifications to see. It will be similar this year despite the new cars, you will be able to follow the car in front a little more, but not much more », he concluded.