He smiles halfway. A somewhat strange feeling that you get in Maranello. There Ferrari emerges victorious from Silverstone with Carlos Sainz, but there have been some unfortunate mistakes.
Spanish happiness
Attention, as it should be, must naturally be placed on Carlos Sainz. The Spaniard was the author of a race absolutely incredible, but not only. The 55th grid weekend, which started from FP2 on Friday afternoon, That was great. These three days have been his most important moment, and undoubtedly more beautiful, since he has been in Formula One. First pole and first victory brought home. A unique emotion, for a success that is worth double if you want: Sainz he showed what stuff he's made of and that he too can to fight for something important.
Ferrari, it's time to understand
It is not a situation of total relaxation, however a Maranello. In fact, on the other side of the coin is the face of Charles Leclerc. The Monegasque is down in the dumps, disappointed no doubt for a management that has not convinced. Just like a Monaco, the number sixteen finishes in fourth place in the standings, once again losing the first position. At this point, the question that arises is simple: but what is the real goal of red?
Binotto: "We couldn't stop them both"
A situation Not easy at the Ferrari house. If the race is analyzed according to the concept of: win stage by stage, then the work was super positive. If, on the other hand, we look at the world from a global point of view, then Ferrari cannot come out of Silverstone with a 36-tooth smile. He tried to give some explanation about it ithe Binotto team principal:
“It was a very intense race. Charles had a good pace, while Carlos started to deteriorate and for this reason we decided to stop him earlier, leaving Leclerc out. But we were always monitoring the delay from Hamilton, to make sure that when he stopped he would be behind us. When we saw that the margin was minimal, we asked to swap positions as we believed, and I think we were correct, that Charles had more pace. Also, having passed Carlos, it helped him a bit with slipstreaming and DRS. I think that, as a team, we have done well, also on the driver front, because there have been no discussions and the orders have been carried out immediately".
“ We were clearly leading the race and obviously there is some frustration for Charles with the Safety Car at the end, with Ocon stopping in the middle of the track, when I think he could have done it elsewhere. What happens at that point is that we have two cars very close together and we have to make a decision. We were the only ones who had two cars fighting for position, while the others only had one and this makes decisions much easier.”
"We saw that there wasn't enough margin to stop them both, as the second car would have lost time and dropped back onto the track. We decided to stop Carlos because Charles had the track position and was leading the race, because he was on fresher tires than Sainz, who also, by rejoining second, could have protected him in the first corners, which are the most critical when restarting on the hard. Furthermore, we expected more degradation from the soft tyres, but this didn't happen".
Now or never
What happened yesterday was a big false step from a global point of view for the red. Now we must answer present for Austria why, on to the next mistake, yours opponents they will no longer make seventh places…
DECLARATION SOURCE: FormulaPassion
