Since F1 racing began, Scuderia Ferrari has been the most successful and well-known racing team, taking home more victories and championships than any other team. Everyone is wondering what happened to Ferrari F1 now that it is obvious that Ferrari is going through a dry spell.
The team Ferrari had some difficult seasons that resulted in the worst season and finish in forty years due to technical troubles, management concerns, CEO Louis Camilleri’s unexpected resignation, regulation constraints, engine rule changes, slower cars, and inconsistent performances from drivers.
Ferrari had not accomplished this feat since 1992 when it went without a victory for the second straight season in 2021. Since then, Ferrari has been attempting to overtake Red Bull and Mercedes as the two most successful racing teams in Formula One. Let’s investigate what occurred at Ferrari F1 and what is now going on.
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At the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, Ferrari F1 had yet another nightmare as both of its drivers were forced to leave the race due to circumstances beyond their control.
At the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, Ferrari F1 had yet another nightmare as both of its drivers were forced to leave the race due to circumstances beyond their control. Thus, Red Bull Racing had a wonderful day as their main competition for the 2022 F1 title finished with no points while they secured a convincing 1-2 victory.
Max Verstappen won the race despite starting third on the grid, with teammate Sergio Perez taking second. Here is a look at what happened to Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz in the Azerbaijan GP 2022 after a very challenging race.
Leclerc describes what transpired with Ferrari.
Leclerc makes a compelling case to Ferrari this summer as Formula evaluates its situation. Charles Leclerc is examining the beginning of the season closely now that summer vacation has started. While Max Verstappen is now leading the Formula One drivers’ standings, the Monegasque driver has many regrets about his season’s beginning. In all honesty, the team needs to do better.
The drivers anxiously anticipated the Hungarian Grand Prix, which was the final F1 event before the summer vacation. The teams will be able to put in a lot of effort to resume in Spa with higher goals. Ferrari and its driver Charles Leclerc are among them. Charles Leclerc is only second in the drivers’ standings despite driving a car that is far superior than Mercedes and capable of battling with Max Verstappen’s Red Bull.
Leclerc has blamed himself for his blunders, but the Monegasque driver has made tactical and driving errors that have prevented him from leading into the summer break. Charles Leclerc was really disappointed because he had dominated the early part of the season.
At the start of this summer vacation, the Monegasque resumed his first half of the season. He acknowledges going through some extremely trying times.
There was no race without emotion, he added. “First of all, it was great to see that we were finally competing for victory again. It was really strong. It’s either winning or leading, then difficulties develop, or whatever. So, it’s been a first part of the season with a lot of things happening.”
Charles Leclerc is really unhappy with the most recent Grand Prix. Additionally, he regrets that his car’s potential has not been fully realized.
The previous few races have been a bit challenging, but on the other hand, we didn’t manage to use the potential we had, and that’s not ideal. We still have the second half of the season to make up for it, I hope, and I’m going to attack to the utmost.
“We definitely want to do everything to improve in whatever we do, and looking at the early half of this season, there have been issues with strategy, some reliability issues, and some driving errors, so let’s say we know we need to work on that.
“We are making a lot of effort to improve in terms of strategy and reliability. And after a mistake, we always go through the same procedure, trying to figure out what went wrong and why we made the wrong choice at a particular point in the race in order to go on.
The following gathering will take place at Spa on August 28 in conjunction with the Belgian Grand Prix.
Before the F1’s Canadian Grand Prix, Ferrari gives an update on Sainz and Leclerc’s vehicles.
Carlos Sainz was forced to retire in lap 9 due to a hydraulic issue, and Charles Leclerc’s race was over due to a power unit problem, which left Ferrari disappointed.
Team owner Mattia Binotto admitted he didn’t have all the answers following the Azerbaijan Grand Prix. Leclerc suffered his second engine failure in as many races, costing him the victory in the Spanish Grand Prix.
The Monegasque’s engine is scheduled to arrive at the facility on Wednesday, with only one week standing between Baku and Montreal. According to Ferrari, the initial check ought to be finished by tomorrow night. His hydraulics have been looked at, and a “short-term remedy” will be used for this Sunday’s Canadian Grand Prix “while work is ongoing on mid/long-term options,” according to the Spanish driver’s car.
Leclerc’s punishment circumstances are still a mystery. Drivers in Formula One are only allowed to utilize three engines every season; if they use more, they will start the following race from a lower position on the grid. For the Miami Grand Prix in early May, according to The Race, he had to change to his second power unit of the year.
Leclerc’s most recent DNF caused him to fall to third in the driver standings. Max Verstappen is in first place with 150 points, followed by Sergio Perez at 129 and Charles Leclerc at 116. Just 17 points behind Leclerc in fourth place, George Russell is reducing the distance.
With 279 points to Ferrari’s 199 in the constructor standings, Red Bull is in first place. With 161 points in third place, Mercedes is narrowing the deficit in the meantime.
“But we must take control of such issues. And after the last three races, reliability is something we certainly need to consider. We should perhaps take that step together as a team.”
How did Ferrari perform in the most recent race?
On the 18th lap of the French Grand Prix on Sunday, Charles Leclerc’s Ferrari left the track and collided with the safety barriers, forcing him to withdraw while holding the lead.
Max Verstappen, the leader of the championship, raced to the front, ahead of Lewis Hamilton in a Mercedes, and Leclerc, who was unharmed in the collision, started from pole position.
The Monegasque, who won the last Grand Prix in Austria and started this race 38 points behind Verstappen, was on pace to repeat after dominating qualifying on Saturday.
However, Leclerc lost control of his Ferrari on the 18th loop of the Paul Ricard track at Le Castellet, spinning off and coming to a stop in the safety barriers at a low pace.
Similar to the throttle issue that prevented him from winning in Austria two weeks prior, this one seemed to be the cause of his failure.
When his condition was inquired about after the incident over the team radio, he yelled, “I cannot get off throttle.”
He let out a loud “Noooooo!” to express his annoyance, but he was still able to get out of the automobile without getting hurt.
Where did Ferrari make a mistake?
Hungary’s BUDAPEST — Ferrari provided two distinct justifications for their disappointing performance in Hungary on Sunday night. Charles Leclerc, the race driver, faulted the strategy, and Mattia Binotto, the team manager, blamed the car’s performance.
The messaging between the team manager and the driver was noticeably different, even though the two statements weren’t entirely unrelated. Leclerc thought the race could have been won. By crossing the finish line in sixth place, he had closed the 80-point gap between himself and Max Verstappen for the championship. Binotto declined.
What went wrong for Ferrari?
Ferrari unintentionally installed a set of brand-new soft tires on Leclerc’s car during his first run in the final round of qualifying for the Belgian Grand Prix.
Prior to handing him a fresh set of the red-walled compound for the last Q3 efforts, the team had planned to send him out on used softs for the first run.
Over the radio, Leclerc enquired about the tire call, to which the team responded, “Sorry, that was a mistake. After deciding against doing another run, he finished the session in fourth place overall, over eight tenths of a second slower than Max Verstappen’s best time.
After qualifying, Leclerc remarked, “I assume there was a miscommunication, it wasn’t a big deal. “But certainly I brought it up because I was a little taken aback.
After serving a power unit penalty, Leclerc will start the race from position 16 on the grid, one position behind title contender Verstappen who will also experience a grid drop.
Verstappen finished nearly six tenths of a second ahead of the competition after skipping his final run in Q3, highlighting his dominance at Spa.
Red Bull, in Leclerc’s opinion, had been “very strong” throughout the Spa weekend, and its speed had come as “a surprise, since I guess we anticipated to cut the gap in qualifying a little bit more.”
It is a wide gap. I thus hope that it will change in Zandvoort. But before that, tomorrow’s race is coming up, and we appear to be a little more competitive. We’ll see how it turns out.
George Russell, a Mercedes driver, has picked Verstappen to come from 15th on the grid and win the race. Verstappen acknowledged that he would be disappointed if he could not make a comeback to place third.
If he maintains his pace from today, Leclerc added, “I will also be sad if I don’t get back on the podium, but since he’s with me, it’s going to be very difficult for me to go back on the podium.”
But we never know, right? We can regain the lead with a strong first stint and a clean race, I’m confident.
What transpired during the Grand Prix with Ferrari?
Charles Leclerc, who lost the race lead and ultimately finished sixth, called Ferrari’s choice to place him on hard tyres at the Hungarian Grand Prix “a nightmare.”
Leclerc overtook George Russell on lap 31 of the race on Sunday, having begun in second place and having stopped for new tires.
But when Max Verstappen, who was leading the world championship after starting 10th, stopped again, Ferrari reacted by bringing Leclerc in early for hard tyres, a compound that other cars had been having trouble with at the Hungaroring.
Leclerc’s move backfired as Verstappen passed him twice following a spin, forcing a third pit stop for soft tires that prevented him from finishing higher than sixth.
“Everything was in order when we went onto the hards for an unknown reason.
“I said on the radio that the medium was comfortable for me and that I intended to keep driving on those tyres as long as possible because it felt wonderful. I have no idea why we made a different choice.
“Sincerity speaking, I was pleased with the tempo on my side. The only issue is that everyone will undoubtedly recall my disastrous performance over the latter leg of the race, especially with the hards.
“I essentially lost the race there. I lost 20 seconds at the pit and an additional 6 seconds over the course of 5 grueling laps because I was all over the place with the tyre.
We thought the hards might have been quick enough to keep us in the race and attempt to hold a strong place by the closing laps, he said.
“Overall, they didn’t perform as we had anticipated, and I believe it was because the car didn’t perform as we had anticipated.
“I’m considering the season-long plan of action. We adopted the appropriate course of action in France and Austria; occasionally, we adopt the appropriate course of action, and occasionally we make mistakes on the other side.