It is very difficult, at the end of the Monza Grand Prix, being able to analyze the Ferrari race. In the Italian GP Max Verstappen wins the great (sports) rival, right in front of the red dressed in yellow which failed to give joy in the final laps due to an Aston Martin. And no. It is not that of Vettel or Stroll.
The evident disappointment of Ferrari
La choice of Safety car and the management of FIA it has no precedent. Thus conclude a Grand Prix no doubt sorry, considering that Charles could really try an attack in the closing laps. In fact, Ferrari leaves Monza with the awareness that it is rowing in the right direction. The direction taken and the analyzes carried out after Spa and Zandvoort are working. There red he understood that if you wanted to fight for success in Monza you had to dare, and he did it, not only in terms of colour. On the F1-75 was in fact mounted the new bottom, tested during the free practice session and the results seem to have arrived.
There was almost…
How long Leclerc's bitterness is evident, the Monegasque knows he has given everything. He fought, snatched pole position on the track (ignoring the penalties) and tried to win a race that, perhaps even with a different strategy, would not have changed. Verstappen's strength was still evident in yesterday's race. In fact, in Maranello they have to analyze the improvements made: to think they haven't repeated a Spa 2.0 on a track, which in Belgium, always sees the engine as the protagonist.
Most disappointed
Ferrari also comes out strengthened from Monza seeing the test of Sainz, perhaps the real disappointment of Sunday. After an incredible race dominated in terms of overtaking, the FIA decision on Safety prevented the Spaniard from conquering the podium. We don't know how the race would have ended, if Charles had overtaken Verstappen or if the Dutchman would have run away. but we can say that Sainz was more than ready to grab Russell's third place. And let's also give some credit to this F1-75, with the new engine that bodes well for this season finale.
The strength to restart
Yellow Modena has, in a certain respect, worked. He gave Ferrari the right strength to be able to definitively enter the last arc of the season. In fact, there will be six races at the end of this year and the Prancing Horse is ready to have its say, knowing it can always count on a single big red tide that was simply the best sight of the whole weekend.
