OPINION
JOHNNY HERBERT
“Emotions run high when it comes to Ferrari, but the approach now must be a methodical one”
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The ‘three wheels on my wagon’ moment for Carlos Sainz Jr during his pitstop at Zandvoort summed up the state of Ferrari right now. Shades of Eddie Irvine at the Nürburgring in 1999, but you don’t expect such things to happen these days.
Ferrari’s team has delivered the hardware this year – the F1-75 is fundamentally a quick Formula 1 car, with a different aerodynamic concept to Red Bull, and the engine isn’t bad. The car qualified on pole at Monza and Charles Leclerc was in a position to win the race. The drivers deliver most of the time too, even if Leclerc has made mistakes. The main weakness has been strategy, making questionable and plain wrong calls under pressure.