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As the team desperately searches for solutions, the Italian media toughened their tone after the worst result since Silverstone 2010. “Slow, in bad shape, unreliable. They even land behind Alfa Romeo and Alpha Tauri ”, recorded“ La Repubblica ”in its Monday edition on red cars. “Ferrari shows a lack of ideas and courage. There is a lot of work to do, but there is also a lot to think about ”, said the“ Gazzetta dello Sport ”, calling for a search for the roots of the problems.
Team boss Mattia Binotto is necessary in this situation. More than ever, the 50-year-old man had to put up with the question of whether he was still fit to get the famous “Scuderia” out of the crisis. “I cannot answer if I am still the right man,” Binotto said, others would have to. However, he spoke clearly about the current performance. “We are disappointed and angry, as are our fans rightly so.”
Lack of engine power
The fact is, Ferrari paints a terrifying picture. The Spa placements were not the result of unfortunate circumstances, but simply corresponded to the current level of performance of the cars. And now there are two home races for Ferrari. Vettel and Leclerc shouldn’t do much better than Spa in the first part of Italy’s double pack. Engine power is required on the high-speed track at Monza, and that is what Ferrari is particularly failing this year.
That’s why there were already 1,000. The Ferrari-powered Grand Prix turned into a historic debacle: not a single team powered by the Maranello “Scuderia” made it to the Belgian points. The Ferrari team will not celebrate its 1000cc until the next race on September 13 at Mugello. It is doubtful that Binotto and his employees celebrate anything other than the anniversary.
Mercedes’ dominance “is not our fault”
Even Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff was concerned about the casualties of the former main competitor: “Ferrari is an iconic brand. You should fight right up front. ” This crisis is damaging the premier class, as the 48-year-old said: “It is not good for Formula 1. It is not good for fighting at the top.”
Lewis Hamilton is currently mastering this almost at will. The Brit seems to be racing inexorably towards new records. Hamilton already has 89 Grand Prix wins following his start-to-finish win at Spa-Francorchamps. He is just two short of record man Michael Schumacher, who has been a seven-time world champion. The matching of this title number seems to Hamilton in view of his dominance only a formality.
Double victory for Mercedes in Belgium
At the Spa classic in Belgium, Mercedes celebrated a double win with Lewis Hamilton over Valtteri Bottas. Max Verstappen was third.
After the fifth victory in the seventh race of the season, his lead over the first pursuer, Red Bull driver Max Verstappen, is already 47 points. “I hope the fans and the people finally understand that this is not our fault,” Hamilton said, almost apologizing for his superiority. “Ultimately, it’s the decision makers who design the cars and set the rules,” added the 35-year-old, referring to the fact that he and his team “ultimately did a better job” than the competition.
