Who goes Slow and steady wins. It is not a proverb that should fit too well in the fast and hyper-technological world of Formula 1, but in Qatar there Ferrari built his double points finish and the decisive draw over McLaren in the constructors’ standings on these very foundations. At the finish the red was able to smile, with Carlos Sainz seventh and Charles Leclerc eighth. McLaren, on the other hand, which had also been in the odor of the podium for a long time with Lando Norris, found itself with a bite of flies and only two points in hand precisely because of a puncture suffered by the young English driver. A situation that after the race the same number one of the Ferrari wall did not fail to point out.
“I wouldn’t say it was a weekend below expectations – declared a Sky Sport F1 Mattia Binotto – It is clear that seventh and eighth is not what we are aiming for, but we knew that this track is difficult for us due to tire wear. We had suffered a lot at Paul Ricard and in this the car hasn’t changed. But we have learned to manage this and we have certainly done it better than in France. We immediately asked the riders to never push and to try to make only one pit stop. They held back, they never pushed. Neither with the average, nor with the hard ones, if not at the very end, when we were sure of reaching the finish line. It worked. If you look at others, they pushed when it wasn’t needed and they did laundry “.
A satisfaction, that of Binotto, also extended to the splendid ‘double pit stop’ operated by mechanics from Maranello. A stop that in reality was ‘born’ from a communication problem. “There was a radio communication problem that we will try to understand, with Carlos – explained the Maranello team principal – otherwise he would probably have been ahead of Stroll with the pit stop and maybe he could have attacked Ocon in the end, making a better result. Removed the radio problem, the guys managed the double stop very well. Let’s not forget that they came from three races in a row, with fatigue on them and also a change of frame on their shoulders “he concluded.
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