Ahead of qualifying for the Italian Grand Prix, Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc said that the team had not yet found their “sweet spot.” Neither Charles Leclerc nor Carlos Sainz have qualified first since the French Grand Prix, although the Spaniard started on pole after Max Verstappen’s Belgian Grand Prix penalty was applied. Their last win came
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Are Formula 1 drivers as good in a road car as they are in a single seater? They certainly cannot go as fast on the streets, but driving on circuits must surely help with their road skills. Indeed, Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz were asked by the PitStop podcast how they got on during their
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Ferrari chairman, John Elkann, has affirmed his belief in team principal Mattia Binotto, but he warned him that mistakes cannot persist. The Scuderia had been miles away from the front of the grid in the two years before this season, particularly in 2020, but their fighting resolve still took Charles Leclerc and Sebastian Vettel to
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Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc has called for the team to keep their eye on the ball amid calls for changes to its leadership. The Scuderia started the season emphatically as Leclerc won two of the opening three rounds in Bahrain and Australia. It was a poor start for Red Bull, who suffered a double retirement in
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Friday practice is often unrepresentative of true pace; the cars are running different set-ups, energy deployment will vary, as will engine modes. At Monza this weekend, one thing some teams will be trying to hide is their straight-line speed right up until qualifying, but we already had a fair idea of who might perform well.
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Aston Martin’s Sebastian Vettel joked on Thursday that Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc’s good looks mean he gets more attention at the Italian Grand Prix than the four-time champion did while driving for the Scuderia. Vettel and Leclerc shared two Italian Grand Prix with Ferrari, the second of which featured very little home support due to the
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Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz is reportedly set to start towards the back of the grid at the 2022 Italian Grand Prix due to an engine change. The Spaniard has suffered two reliability failures this season. A hydraulic failure put him out of the Azerbaijan Grand Prix earlier in the year, before his engine blew up in
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Max Verstappen is targeting victory once again at this weekend’s Italian Grand Prix, one of the few races he is yet to win in his Formula 1 career. The reigning World Champion has remarkably never finished higher than fifth at the ‘Temple of Speed’; however, the Dutchman is the clear favourite this weekend. The Red
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Ferrari team principal, Mattia Binotto, is more focused on improving the pace of the F1-75 than he is on addressing the mistakes made by his team during the Dutch Grand Prix. Carlos Sainz started the race in Zandvoort third behind Max Verstappen and Charles Leclerc, and pitted before then in a bid to deny Sir
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2016 world champion, Nico Rosberg, has made the bold prediction that Mercedes will beat Ferrari to second in the Constructors’ Standings in 2022. Ferrari and Charles Leclerc made a flying start to the year, with the Monegasque taking victory in Bahrain and Melbourne, while Max Verstappen won in Saudi Arabia. Leclerc had led home a
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