Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc asserts that his team made the right choice pitting him under the Virtual Safety Car at the Italian Grand Prix. The Monegasque started on pole after a sublime effort in qualifying on Saturday, while Max Verstappen began seventh due to grid penalties having qualified second initially. It took the Dutchman just a
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Fans were left feeling short-changed after an anti-climactic end to the 2022 Italian Grand Prix on Sunday. Charles Leclerc started on pole in front of the adoring Ferrari faithful in Monza, while Max Verstappen started the race seventh after taking an engine penalty. The Dutchman took but a handful of laps to make it up
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Yet more harassment was seen at the Italian Grand Prix, with a number of Ferrari fans caught harassing spectators who were wearing Red Bull hats. Misbehaviour by the side of the racetrack, sadly, has been almost as prominent as the events on circuit so far in 2022, after multiple instances of misconduct. Two men were
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Ferrari team principal, Mattia Binotto, agrees with chairman John Elkann after the Italian-American’s call for improvements. The Scuderia’s title challenge has fallen apart this year following multiple instances of reliability failures, strategic mistakes and the occasional driver error. Charles Leclerc has arguably lost six race wins this year, two of them to engine failures, three
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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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