The disaster of the Hungarian GP culminates in a first half of the year in the Scuderia, where they have moved from big favorites to out of the groups with ten races to play
Max Verstappen can already make way for the 2022 world champion in the trophy cabinet, because he is having a good time. He has a whopping 80-point lead, more than three races away, which he looked like he was going to get this year, but is already so far off that he’ll need a worthy miracle to be studied in the Holy See if he succeeds. .
Charles Leclerc was the big loser of the Hungarian GP, if you stick to the expectation-result relationship. He started third, became the outstanding leader, had no notable flaw in his driving… and yet finished sixth and can thank him. Behind this result are all the problems Ferrari has not had since this year but for a while, and the big loser is Leclerc, who will have to continue to suffer from the general ineptitude of those responsible for the squad.
No one who has followed Formula 1 can be surprised that Ferrari looks like a bunch of mechanics who have just come out of an FP school and come to life when they have to manage a race. It becomes very difficult to understand how any entry into the pits of its drivers can lead to an increase in blood pressure, not only because of the moment when pure statistics are the wrong ones, but also because the processes have not been achieved. Carlos Sainz is the one who suffered the most: in Hungary, neither of his two stops worked because the mechanics were completely out of sync when mounting the wheels.
The feeling that they have given away the title this year is very present. What was seen in Hungary is the latest example and the two pilots are obliged to continue to follow the official discourse, although they are well aware that they are lying. “We had no rhythm,” Sainz said after the race, a statement that is at most a half-truth: Verstappen, who started tenth, had more than them, but they could have made up for that deficit with strategic management that was not good, but just decent. It is very poorly explained that they forced the Spaniard to do 23 laps with the soft tires or that they fitted the hard ones that didn’t work at all (Alpine had shown it moments earlier) in the car of their main contender for the win, the aforementioned Leclerc.
Few environments are more complex to manage than Ferrari’s. For months, many eyes have been on Mattia Binotto, who has saved his neck more times than many expected since taking charge of the Scuderia.
Action and decision making is now required. Perhaps not immediately under the argument of internal peace in the team, that there is still a long season to go and that they should start to complete the project 2023, but in the medium term. Many fingers are pointing at Spaniard Iñaki Rueda, Ferrari’s chief strategy officer, who has had far more failures than successes so far this season. In the Scuderia, the wrist never trembled to change this position: Chrys Dyer’s case was very notorious, as he remained in his seat just hours after the infamous 2010 Abu Dhabi GP, in which Fernando won the World Cup Alonzo let lose.
For now, the decisions are being postponed and Binotto is closing the ranks with his director of strategy. “The strategy depends on a team of people, not just Iñaki. Not so many mistakes have been made this year, so the team has all the support,” the Italian leader told ‘Sky F1’. If the problem is not identified, it will be difficult to find the solution.
The summer vacation will serve to calm the waters… or to stagnate and rot. Those who will appreciate it the most are the drivers themselves, who will release a bit of the built-up pressure, and Ferrari’s own flat employees, who are handpicked because of the decisions made from the wall. As in so many other professions, those who wear ties are usually the last to bear the consequences of a bad job and the first to wear the medals when they win.
Source: La Verdad
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