Ferrari team principal Mattia Binotto has disregarded comparisons between Charles Leclerc and legendary Formula 1 racer Gilles Villeneuve. Villeneuve took six wins and eight podiums in a career that spanned just over four seasons, and yielded a second-placed championship finish in 1979. The Canadian was notorious for his nonchalant and, at times, perceivably arrogant approach
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Ferrari chairman John Elkann has detailed the changes to the mentality of everyone at the team that has led to their tremendous start to the 2022 season. Ferrari’s last championship success arrived in the form of the constructors’ crown in 2008, while Kimi Raikkonen’s victory in 2007 remains their last Drivers’ Championship win. Between 2018
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Daniel Ricciardo has said he felt better after the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix as a result of him heading over to Ferrari and apologising to Carlos Sainz for the incident that put the Spaniard out of the race. Having finished sixth in the sprint race – two positions behind Sainz – Ricciardo misjudged his braking
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Ferrari are holding back on an upgrade to their energy recovery system (ERS) as they seek to achieve maximum efficiency on any improvements before the freeze on development kicks in later this year. The new technical regulations dictate that an engine freeze, which has already been implemented on the ICE, will last until the end
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Former Ferrari F1 driver Gerhard Berger does not believe that Carlos Sainz will fulfil his aspirations of becoming the Scuderia’s lead driver, but recognises that this will not stop him from trying. Sainz has been out-qualified and out-raced at every event so far in 2022 by team-mate Charles Leclerc and, perhaps as a result of
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Ferrari have met all of their reliability targets in the engine of the F1-75, and are reported to be ready to deploy more power as a result in the upcoming Miami Grand Prix. Charles Leclerc has claimed two wins in the first four races of 2022 for the Scuderia, while Max Verstappen has taken victory
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Ferrari are reported to be preparing an evolution of their rear wing that they hope will help them reduce their deficit in a straight line to Red Bull. Red Bull’s Honda engine has seemingly been the strongest this year, and across the three days at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix, Ferrari were an average of
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Max Verstappen has come to the defence of his title rival Charles Leclerc after the Monegasque collided with the barrier at the 2022 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix, throwing away a podium finish. The Red Bull pair of Verstappen and Sergio Perez were comfortably clear of the Ferrari heading into the latter stages of the race,
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Haas’ Mick Schumacher remains undeterred after Carlos Sainz was awarded a new contract at Ferrari, leaving both seats at the Scuderia out of reach for the time being. After securing four podiums and finishing fifth in the Drivers’ Championship, Sainz was rewarded with the new contract that keeps him at the Maranello side until at
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Formula 1 CEO Stefano Domenicali has told Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz he must remain calm after two consecutive non-finishes. Sainz was nonplussed after his second-placed finish in Bahrain to open the season, describing his weekend as “tricky” after he was comfortably beaten in qualifying and the race by Leclerc, before finishing third in Saudi Arabia. Regardless
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