Red hope: Leclerc-Ferrari, peace and awakening
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Flashes of red, after the storm. Charles Leclerc blows the clouds of Saturday, anger, a wrong qualification and reunites body and soul with Ferrari. The Monegasque fourth in Montreal, started 10th after the agony of a discarded pole. Sainz 5th from 11th after relegation with penalties. An important comeback for the positions, but above all for the rediscovered pace of a car that has been lame and grumpy so far in the race. The updates (bellies, bottoms) introduced in Barcelona without great success, indeed with more uncertainties than certainties, blossom in Montreal. He had already glimpsed from free practice on Canadian Friday, it was not an illusion. And even the strategies, pits and team choices work in a race that started uphill.
The report cards of the Canadian GP: Red Bull from 10 (but Perez 4), Albon 9. Leclerc this time is from 7
by Stefano Backpack
Rekindled the light at the end of the tunnel? Charles races with the helmet dedicated to Gilles Villeneuve, after a brief dispute with the family which was later resolved. Above all, in his thoughts he carries the desire for redemption after a wrong qualifying, in which he loses his coolness and that magical touch all of him, to then accuse the team of an error in the choice of tires in a chaotic situation, between dry and wet. The apologies and the rethinking for the outburst, shortly after, bring Charles back to his dimension. «Yes, a pity about qualifying, but at this point there’s no need to think about it. The important thing is that it was a good race, we saw the best Ferrari of the year».
F1, Canadian GP: Verstappen dominates, victory no. 41 like the myth Senna. The Ferraris at the foot of the podium: Leclerc fourth, Sainz fifth
by Alessandra Retico
Do you start from here? «We mustn’t be too happy because Montreal is a particular track with its curbs and car set-up. But perhaps we have found something, taken a different direction. And I feel better in the car. Now we have to take further steps forward.” Signs of a smile, after the gloom. «But I will smile when I win, not for a 4th place». The road is there. Verstappen is still too far away. But there, behind the blue ones, the group of pursuers grows. Aston Martin, Mercedes and finally Ferrari. After the bang in the last free practice and the mistake in qualifying, Sainz reconstructs: «I had a problem with the clutch touching my leg, the car stopped 2-3 times. But I’m happy with the pace.” In the closing laps, he was level with Alonso’s Aston and Hamilton’s Mercedes. The team principal, Fred Vasseur, is pleased about this after a rough Saturday: «It was a good day, it gives us confidence, we were fast starting on Friday and competitive both on the flying lap and on the race pace. Saturday was more difficult due to the complicated conditions, we started from 10th and 11th place, a little too far back for us, but today we made a great comeback. The pace was good, the strategy was good, we decided to leave them out for a few laps on a clean track to be able to push, and they did a great job».
Leclerc, the helmet for Gilles Villeneuve becomes a case for Ferrari
by Alessandra Retico
Regrets about qualifying? «We have to try to correct the mistakes we made, we’ll discuss it on Tuesday, it was important to close the chapter to focus on the race, but it will be a good lesson. We are improving little by little, even if we will have to have confirmations on other tracks, Montreal is particular». Does a door reopen? «We have to focus on the next GP, we will bring updates. I’m optimistic, in Austria we will have two attempts having also the sprint race. We see the light at the end of the tunnel.” Red light.
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