We have been waiting for it for some time, the moment in which we would really see the maximum expression of the "Predestined" on the track. A label as beautiful as it is uncomfortable if the results or the machine to achieve them do not arrive. The enthusiasm of the fans has never lacked for Charles, a young talent brought forward by the Ferrari Academy program.
La scommessa
He has never lacked the makings of a champion, like that of a fighter, not even in the difficult years that life and this sport have presented him. However, many people understood that that boy would become a champion. From the biggest challenges he drew his strength and built himself, recognizing the importance of consistency and a longer-range mentality. The risk doesn't worry him, but he pleases it, and if we see him having fun in duels it is because he has found the strength in something that many do not consider when it comes to competing. His mentality, perhaps more than his talent, in fact, has allowed him to be able to achieve the excellent results he is achieving and to make every limit his comfort zone. He has always had a very strict approach with himself and an aggressive approach with the car but mostly to try to compensate for its limitations, even though they didn't directly depend on him.
The F1-75 has no limits
The cars that Charles drove didn't fit him quite as well as this one. And if before it was he who had to compensate for the limits of the reds, this allows him to get to understand his own and those of his opponents rather. Charles' talent is enhanced by the goodness of the F1-75, a car that the Monegasque has been waiting impatiently for. This combination and the climate in Maranello are proof that the real limit lies in the mentality with which one faces a difficult path. In 2021, the confrontation with his teammate, more comfortable in mastering a car with obvious limitations, saw him finish behind him by a few points. When cornered, the Monegasque had led some people to doubt his abilities, when the problem was more related to his character, promptly tamed with the arrival of the new season.
The certainty
Two victories out of three, no retirements and a second place as the worst result. With 71 points the predestined, even if we are still far from the final goal, has become a certainty, even for Fanta F1. Coming out of Melbourne with the Grand Slam Charles wants to repeat for the first time in front of a home crowd, in the beating heart of motorsport in Italy: Imola.
