Ferrari needs immediate signals – Corriere.it

It seems a paradox: in Bahrainthe tension inside the house Ferrari higher than last year’s start. It’s about keeping up

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immediately and well after a frantic search for an aerodynamic balance

. We need concrete signs even now, to breathe within the walls of Maranello; to prevent the entire F1, which is growing, both in terms of attention and on the financial side, from offering outcomes that are too similar to the monotonous ones that marked the second half of the 2022 World Cup. Also because, if the Ferrari assault fails, no other threats are in sight for Verstappen’s reignset the tone Mercedesweakened by dozens of technicians who fled elsewhere and by a project that nails Hamilton to unhappiness. It is said that this SF-23 is incapable of recovering by grinding real kilometers. Certainly, the drafts that open along the red perimeter allude to a climate that is not exactly calm.

Formula 1 in Bahrain, Leclerc anxious

It weighs on this Leclerc’s anxiety
, which emerged in the tests when the first data on full load performance appeared, with tire wear higher than expected. Enough to generate a frantic series of upheavals of the structure, of little use, both to the work program and to Charles, worried at the dawn of a challenge that can not lose again, trouble. An attitude opposite to that of Sainz: he feels the car better, he really focuses on the races to take advantage of his innate tactical qualities. Two drivers closely linked, with contracts expiring in 2024, aware that the couple cannot be reconfirmed, both grappling with the need for a consecration or with the hypothesis of a farewell. All with a debut team principal.
Vasseur he hasn’t yet disposed of the break-in as he tries to cushion the repercussions that being in command of Ferrari entails. A top management more impatient than ever, a technical sector to interpret, two champions to manage and too many winning proclamations. Throw yourself like a boomerang, before measuring the extent of the climbs.