He is the great absentee of the Made in Italy and Emilia Romagna GP. The SF-24 Evoluzione made its brilliant debut in Imola, so it was reasonable to think that Enrico Cardile, the technical director of the chassis, would also be present at the Enzo e Dino Ferrari.
The Tuscan engineer was expected among the protagonists of yesterday’s FIA press conference, while he was replaced somewhat surprisingly by Enrico Gualtieri, the head of the Cavallino’s engine department. What happened? According to rumors gathered in the paddock, Cardile was the victim of a motorbike accident.
Charles Leclerc, Ferrari SF-24
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It seems that it is nothing serious, even if the Maranello coach is forced to stay at home because his body shows some signs of the fall. It wasn’t just a matter of “dents”, because Enrico was forced into inactivity at the very moment in which the Scuderia was making its maximum effort in an attempt to close the performance gap from the Red Bull RB20.
This accident of the coach from Arezzo brings to mind that of Adrian Newey during the summer break of 2021 when he was on holiday in Croatia and fell on his bicycle. The English “genius” had had a very bad time and had recovered after a series of surgeries that had kept him out of the Circus for a few months.
Fortunately, Cardile’s situation is not serious: he would have been hit by another motorcycle and would have suffered the consequences. We wish Enrico a speedy recovery, hoping that he will quickly return to the technical management of the Sports Management…
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