The situation reliability in the Ferrari house it is not the best. In the face of a large power to recover the motoristic gap compared Mercedes e Red Bull before the engine freeze, the team had to sacrifice reliability. One thing that doesn't get resolved overnight and this is also demonstrated by the last retirement collected by Sainz in Austria. The first part of the season is about to end and, after the disappointment in Francein Hungary – last appointment before the summer break – la Ferrari and Leclerc will have to necessarily aiming for the double to keep the world championship dream standing, also threatened by potential withdrawals.
Lots of penalties
Ferrari is the only top team to have sent not only one but both drivers to penalties. Fate also reserved for customer teams. Lastly Magnussen, who started from the rear with Sainz in France. Latest changes for Charles Leclerc go back to Canadian Grand Prix. While Sainz, fresh from the out in Austria, at Paul Ricard he was called to a great comeback from the back after having replaced most of the elements of the Power Unit. The gap with Red Bull, and Max Verstappen in the drivers' championship after the very heavy 0 due to an error of Charles, it's really broad.
With 10 races to go, Ferrari and Leclerc can no longer afford errors or second places. The biggest problem, however, is that there are not only errors around the corner. From the Spain, in fact there is little encouraging news on the front reliability. Second the Spanish journalist Charles Michael, known for his articles on the Leclerc-Sainz rivalry and the data management; of the Ferrari drivers, both risk going to penalty at least 2 more times.
Leclerc could already serve it at Spa
If before the problem was the rivalry between the pilots Miquel says the real difficulty for Ferrari will be managing its engines until the end of the season. Carlos and Charles according to Miquel: "they should face at least 2 more engine penalties, according to the mileage recorded so far. And in the worst case it could be 3, with as many departures from the bottom of the grid.“ The newspaper reporter Brand he then gave the judgment on the next date on which one of the two Ferrari drivers will be called to replace: 28 August, at Spa, the return race from the summer break. "At Spa-Francorchamps, on August 28, the next penalty for Leclerc is foreseen”.
Source statements: FormulaPassion
