Some Ferrari fan would have liked the hierarchies between Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz were immediately outlined in favor of the Monegasque. Team principal Mattia Binotto, however, never agreed with this approach and gave almost complete freedom to the two drivers: those who, towards the end of the season, would have had the most substantial chances of winning the title would have taken the chevrons of number one. .
Now that the World Championship is at the halfway point and that the gap between Leclerc and Sainz has risen from 12 to 37, is it time for a change of philosophy in Maranello? The Spaniard must surrender to the role of second guide as a good part of the fans have been asking him for some time? According to former driver Martin Brundle, Ferrari will soon decide to bet everything on number 16 and therefore implement team orders: “Max Verstappen is leading the World Championship calmly, he has 38 points ahead of Leclerc. But the situation could have been very different if Ferrari had been more reliableas in Spain and Azerbaijan, or more shrewd in strategyas in Monaco and Great Britain“, Wrote the Briton in his column for Sky Sports UK. “Max had two retirements in the first three races, but Leclerc’s pace was really impressive: from a neutral point of view, we could have seen another battle on the line of points and so far it has been denied to us. The Ferrari is fragile and the explosion of Sainz’s power unit caused the bodywork to break. As the second half of the season approaches, Ferrari, which is late, will have to avoid battles between the two pilots and Sainz is aware of this. The retirement of the Red Bull Ring was a very painful and sad moment for him in terms of the championship“.
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