Canadian GP Analysis: Ferrari, an endless disaster | FormulaPassion.it

There Ferrari he won by a landslide in Monte Carlo, but it is not yet ready for the big step towards the world championship. The Canadian GP demonstrated this in a dramatic way, ruining all the rosiest predictions. Fred Vasseur, after the most disastrous qualifying of the year, had offered a word of hope: “We hope to recover, we are competitive in terms of race pace both in the dry and in the wet.” A lie? No, a sensational error of evaluation, because the Ferraris weren’t there at all and after 10 laps they were both traveling with abysmal gaps, over 40 seconds. A disasterbecause then between Leclerc’s engine problems and an error by Sainz due to poor road holding of the car, none of the reds reached the finish line in the race which, theoretically, saw Ferrari favored over Red Bull and aimed at reducing Leclerc’s disadvantage against Verstappen, in a very optimistic attempt to get back into the running for the title.

But it wasn’t like that, because it was Red Bull who won big with a masterful Max Verstappen (great vision of the race, textbook restart after the Safety Car, uncommon mental strength), in a thrilling grand prix in which even a Excellent Russellwho finished third with a sensational overtaking of Hamilton, and Lando Norris, who finished second, 3”8 behind the Dutchman.

There was glory for everyone, but not for the Cavallino. Montreal has shown that Red Bull is still there despite the recent alarms, while Ferrari, which is absolutely in a growth phase, still has to take steps to achieve constant and lasting competitiveness, necessary to make an assault on the championship .

Leclerc’s engine problem is new but the fact that the Ferrari was not on the road is something difficult to understand, in light of the considerable aerodynamic load of the car. Vasseur says that the problem of the day before, which caused the debacle (in part) of the race has been identified. Good to know: the Barcelona circuit, in two weeks, will tell us how things really are. But in the meantime, McLaren is also flying (but was missing from the strategy) and Mercedes has raised its head again: when will Ferrari thrill us again?