has to spend the night

09/05/2020 Health

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Resignation. Ferrari is in awe of qualifying for the Italian GP. Two cars in Q3 should not be surprising, because the Cavallino’s fall is vertical. Predictable and predictable. Charles Leclerc had timidly said before the trip to Monza that the “temple of speed” was in danger of being a photocopy of a plot already lived in Spa-Francorchamps.

Monza is exposing all the flaws of the SF1000. And even the abolition of party mode hasn’t changed the hierarchies in the slightest with an ever firmer Mercedes at the helm, with and without the now-banned mappings, and the last Ferrari of the last in terms of power units.

Nothing new under the sun, just confirmation that the race rule change perhaps affected those who wanted and expected it the most. The fact is that even leafing through collections of now yellowed newspapers you will not find the eve of the Italian GP with the Ferraris so low: Charles Leclerc 13th and Sebastian Vettel 17th.

“We arrived at this weekend knowing that it would be more or less like this – explains Leclerc -. We knew that Spa and Monza would be the worst tracks for us but sadly this is the situation at the moment. It’s not the best way to be satisfied with his lap and then see that that performance was only worth thirteenth place ”.

“At the moment, however, we just have to keep working to try to get the most out of the car. It is clear that it hurts even more to find ourselves in this situation in the home race, but it is reality and unfortunately we have to face it ”.

“We must continue to do our best and we hope that at Mugello, which will continue to be a home race for Ferrari, things can improve. Both in the past week and this week we have tested a lot of things on the car, but so far we have not found a solution to the problems. We have to stay focused and stay motivated: I’m sure better days will come. “

He barely gets to comment, knowing that he is shooting at the Red Cross. Laurent Mekies, sporting director for the Scuderia, made it clear that it is time to turn the page and look to the future.

The fact is that the future is around the corner: Mugello calls while Monza is still alive. And, perhaps, it could be good for the Maranello team to get back on track immediately after Brianza’s drunkenness. Monza is not the home of Ferrari, as if the success of a year ago was as far away as a century.

The Stradale has become an adverse track for Red, while in times of trouble like today, it represented a lifesaver where to look for an unexpected result on the straights that should at least improve engine skills. Times have changed and the rules have locked up any fantasy.

But if the wait for Monza was shrouded in negative omens, the same cannot be said for Mugello. Ferrari sees the 1000th race in its history as an opportunity for redemption. Is it really so? We hope so, because the SF1000 mortifies any fan hopes.

Anti-Covid protocols have kept the stands empty (tomorrow there will only be 300 health workers invited by ACI Italia to thank the heroes who worked day and night to save lives during the lockdown), but what would have been the reactions of the fans del Cavallino if they had been admitted to the stands? Would they have accepted this moment with resignation or would they have yielded to dissent with loud whistles?

We will never know, but it has to happen the night, because in Mugello the music must change the score. Meanwhile, on the Ferrari-owned track, the two drivers had the privilege of driving a 2018 single-seater and will have the advantage of having become familiar with a track without going through the simulator.

From time to time we will prepare a GP again with the data from the track and not with simulations that never coincide with reality. At its plant, Ferrari has compiled the data necessary to decide on a car, the SF1000, which should perform at its best. And for the occasion, we hope that some of the technical solutions that have remained in the “refrigerator” of the Racing Department will also appear in the Red.

And so let’s hope for a Ferrari less prone to its fate, like these days, making sense of the #essereferrari hashtag. The entire Cavallino squad will be in Tuscany and three thousand fans a day will return to three stands. It will be important not to disappoint them as in Brianza, giving a turning point that must go beyond the celebration of an anniversary.