The picture of the redhead after the trip to Bahrain is not at the level of pre-season expectations. A Ferrari capable of questioning hegemony was expected Red Bull, but Verstappen's decisive triumph has already reduced the dreams of Ferrari fans eager to see the title return to Maranello. In this heavy climate, a crucial figure has just resigned from him. It is not certain there is a hand of Vasseur, since it seems more like a personal choice than a forced resignation.
Ferrari: when it's always black or white
Head of aerodynamics David Sanchez has just resigned, operating in his role since 2019, and in Ferrari since 2012. The pony engineer was part of the trio of technicians, together with the technical director Henry Cardile and the power unit manager Enrico Gualtieri, who led the technical collective during the Binotto era. The most accredited destination would be McLaren, where the technician would become operational after a period of gardening.
During the seasons captained by the Italian-Swiss Mattia Binotto, the high notes of the redhead were very few. Aerodynamically speaking, there has never been domination over the competition. In short, if the top speed was high, there was no grip, and vice versa.
The beginning of the transition to the Vasseur era at Ferrari
Finding himself in Maranello with a car already finished and a full collective, Vasseur's imprint could only start at least from the beginning of the season. If the replacement of head of strategies Inaki Rueda, the second major change in the management of the former Alfa Romeo did not happen through his hand.
The start of the championship on the aerodynamic front has not been enthusiastic, just think of the failed experiment of the single pylon rear wing during the FP1 of Bahrain. in this rather tense climate, Ferrari finds itself without the leadership of the department in question. A far from ideal situation for two reasons. The first concerns the moment: the season has just begun, e the abdication of a technician of this caliber leaves a crucial role vacant in the fight against a rather fierce competition. The second one: any substitute; in fact, it seems that for the moment Ferrari will have to draw from GeS, and the difficult persuasion of talented British technicians to land in the beautiful country excludes a fair number of interesting alternatives.
SOURCES: Motorsport Italy
