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[Rassegna stampa] – The Ferrari debacle in this first part of 2020 also arises from the points that Vettel and Leclerc scored in the first seven races: despite the Monegasque’s two podiums, the red has an average of just 8.7 points in GP.
“As a manufacturer, the reasons for the lack of success are clear, while it is less easy to judge when it goes well. It is easier to understand the reasons that led to the defeat. This was argued by Enzo Ferrari in the River interview with Enzo Biagi in 1980, the lowest point in the history of Ferrari in F1: in the constructors’ classification, the Scuderia di Maranello closed in tenth position, with 8 points, by ahead only of the Alfa Romeo. In the 14 GPs the Reds suffered 11 retirements, the failure of Jody Scheckter to qualify in Canada and he did not pass three fifth places as the best result. However, the scoring system was different. […] and using the current mechanism would have accumulated 61 points.
Interestingly, sixty-one are also the points that Ferrari has lost this year: 45 with Charles Leclerc and 16 with Sebastian Vettel. […] and they represent the poorest loot of the Reds since 2010 when the current score is in force: in 2014 after 7 GPs Ferrari had 87, while in 2012 the points were 97. In all other cases it was in triple figures after 7 races . […] Due to the modest harvest, the average points per GP this year is less than 9 (8.71, to be precise), less than the worst of the ten years. […]
This year, however, Ferrari is fifth in the constructors’ ranking, behind not only Mercedes. […] and Red Bull, but even McLaren and Racing Point who also received a 15-point penalty […]. And immediately behind, just 2 points behind, is Renault, thanks to 23 points scored at Spa on Sunday. In short, 5th place, which already seems to be a place not in keeping with the history and investments of the Cavallino, could also become 6th, further amplifying the defeat of Mattia Binotto and his men.
The darkest seasons
Except for the unhappy 1980s […] Ferrari has never done worse than sixth place in constructors […] 6th place obtained in 1962, 1969 and 1973, three very different seasons. In 1962 only 6 GP competed, […] while 7 years later he closed sixth and last, with the unfortunate 312 F1 equipped with a fixed rear wing: Chris Amon went crazy in the middle of the season. In 1973, however, despite the absence of the Dutch and German GPs, with the final sixth place Ferrari preceded BRM, Shadow, Surtees, Iso-Marlboro and Tecno. Other times, in a more traditional F1, but results in accordance with the theory of historical directions and resources ”.
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