Although Charles Leclerc has taken pole position in the last four races, the Monegasque has not managed to get on the top step of the podium since the third round of the championship in Australia.
Worst of all, however, is that two engine failures (in Spain and Azerbaijan) and strategy errors in Monaco allowed main title rival Max Verstappen to amass a 34-point lead in the classics.
Ferrari needs quick answers to its recent reliability problems, including those related to Carlos Sainz’s retirement in Baku due to a hydraulic problem, if they don’t want to allow Red Bull to take the title, but for Christian Horner the current situation is such. not to be able to allow Red Bull to breathe, believing that its direct rival will continue to make mistakes.
“I think they have a very fast car, they certainly have it on Saturdays,” explained the Red Bull team principal when Motorsport.com asked him what he thought of Ferrari’s title prospects.
“I believe that on Sunday we have been on par with them in practically all the races we have played this year. And I think it was like that in Baku too, at least from what we saw in the first laps.”
Charles Leclerc, Ferrari F1-75
Photo by: Ferrari
“They will solve their problems. I have no doubts about that and I think this means that there will be penalties in the final part of the year. The championship is still long, very long and in the last four or five races we have seen great variations. shows how quickly things can change “.
Although Leclerc’s engine failure in Baku opened the door to the Red Bull double in Azerbaijan, Horner said he was certain that the RB18’s pace would be enough to triumph even without Ferrari’s reliability problems.
“We had a good car and I think we would have beaten Charles also from a strategic point of view, but we can’t know that and it’s a pity that it wasn’t possible to verify it on the track.”
“The important thing is that we were able to take advantage of their bad luck to accumulate points. The situation in both rankings seems to be in our favor at the moment, but we have already seen how things can change quickly.”
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