Exactly one month is missing from the first grand prix of the 2022 season, the one that will issue the first judgments on the work done by the stables in conjunction with a regulatory revolution with few precedents in the history of the Circus. There Ferrari last Thursday he removed the veils from the F1-75, the single-seater in which great hopes are placed to return to being among the top players in the championship.
Ross Brawn recently pointed out that in 2009, on the occasion of another regulatory turning point, Ferrari and McLaren, that is the teams that had dominated the previous two years by sharing the world titles, found themselves displaced. Helmut Marko, head of Red Bull’s youth program, does not expect major changes at the top of the standings with Mercedes and Red Bull still in the role of hares chased – more closely – by Ferrari and McLaren. Felipe Massa mixes the opinions of Brawn and Marko in expressing his opinion: “It is easy to imagine that Mercedes and Red Bull are in the front. But with such changes, surprises can happen, just find something and you find yourself in front of it. My hope is that Binotto has managed to make the team more efficient “, declared the vice-world champion in 2008 interviewed by La Gazzetta dello Sport. In the clip published by Ferrari on the eve of the presentation, the one relating to the first glances of Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz in front of the F1-75, the emotion of the two drivers was palpable. Massa knows what it feels like in front of a fascinating car, even if he doesn’t always strike the spark: “The 2006, 2007 and 2008 cars were beautiful, but in 2009 I was amazed at how ugly it was due to the regulation. One of the worst I’ve ever driven “.
If F1-75 should have what it takes to fight for the World Championship, Felipe Massa is convinced that the pair of drivers is the right one to be able to aspire to great goals. Carlos Sainz in 2021 closing ahead of Charles Leclerc in the drivers’ standings he showed that he was a solid reality capable of obliging the very talented Monegasque – on the flying lap the qualities of the 1997 class are undisputed and perhaps unique in the Circus – to leave nothing to chance in order to beat his box mate: “Ferrari’s problem is not the drivers. They are strong and close in performance. Carlos helped Charles grow. It pushed him to work even more “Massa stressed.
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