With two of three possible victories, Ferrari have made their best start to the season since the dominant 2004 season, which saw Michael Schumacher’s seventh world title and sixth in a row for the Italian team.
When the Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and Australia Grand Prix have already been held, Ferrari and its two drivers, Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz, have achieved a not inconsiderable amount of 104 pointswhich is their best loot since the introduction of the current scoring system in 2010.
The most similar season was that of 2017, in which Sebastian Vettel and Charles Leclerc added 102 points in the first three races, although that did not allow them to fight for the world title against Mercedes at the end of the season.
Michael Schumacher’s dominant Ferrari
If we convert to the current points system in previous seasons, the data tells us that Ferrari has started the season better than ever since 2004.
In that season, Michael Schumacher was victorious in the first three races of the year, in addition to the fastest lap in two of them. That, at present, would have allowed him to add 77 points (for the 71 of Charles Leclerc this year).
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In addition, Rubens Barrichello signed two second places and a fourth, thus adding 48 points, compared to Carlos Sainz’s 33 in 2022. That is, while Ferrari has accumulated 104 points in the first three rounds of this year, that of the times of Schumacher and Barrichello managed to add no less than 125.
It is not to be expected that Ferrari will achieve a dominance similar to that of Michael Schumacher’s last as champion before being dethroned by Renault and Fernando Alonsobut without a doubt these figures give us a good example of the excellent level achieved by the Italian team at the beginning of the season.
And that despite the abandonment of Carlos Sainz in Melbourne, which if it had not occurred, very possibly would have placed Ferrari at the level of the legendary team then captained by Jean Todt and Ross Brawn.