“We survive in the first few meters and then attack in the first corners”. Like this Carlos Sainz summarized an aspect of which both the Spaniard and Charles Leclerc are well aware. At the moment, in fact, the Ferrari F1-75s are not very brilliant in acceleration after the clutch detachment at the time of the start of the Grand Prix.
Even in Austria this detail initially slowed down theboarding by Charles Leclerc on Max Verstappen, while Carlos Sainz even had to repel George Russell’s attack by going wide on the asphalt escape route. At Silverstone, then, on the occasion of the first start then neutralized by the red flag Lewis Hamilton was even third behind Max Verstappen and Carlos Sainz, while on the occasion of the second route Charles Leclerc actually attacked in the first corners as Sainz said with an entrance decided on Sergio Perez at The Loop cost the front wing to the Mexican and one less band to the Monegasque.
“Departures are not going well enough, we have a little problem with the car, we know what it is, which limits us“added Carlos Sainz as reported by today’s edition of the Spanish sports newspaper AS. At the beginning of the season, especially Charles Leclerc always easily defended the pole position won in Qualifying, a trend however interrupted in Baku where Sergio Perez took command of the operations in Turn-1 with Max Verstappen who in turn had started very well without having however meters enough to realize the excellent starting point.
A problem, this of the Ferraris, which therefore risks jeopardizing the strength in Qualification of the F1-75, an almost unbeatable car on Saturday in this 2022. In France the acceleration that separates the starting grid from the first corner is quite long and therefore a not brilliant shot could cost Leclerc and Sainz some positions – who may not he will have to lose due to the probable penalty attributable to the new power unit – in a race that promises to be very balanced in which Mercedes could also enter the fight at the top.
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