Ferrari walks away from championship goal
Ferrari, which entered the season with the goal of the championship, has been disappointing so far. The team currently has only two pole positions and three podiums. While all three podiums were taken by Charles Leclerc, Carlos Sainz, who has great difficulties in terms of balance, has not yet reached the podium.
The biggest reason why Ferrari floundered so much is the increasing competition. The power chart changes every race, and sometimes Mercedes, sometimes Aston Martin, sometimes McLaren appear as strong competitors.
Commenting on his season, Carlos Sainz said: "It was frustrating when we realized that Red Bull is way ahead and it won't be easy to challenge them." said. "I think we all expected both the car and ourselves to be more competitive, but now all the teams are pretty close together."
“For example, we fight for third place on some weekends, and we settle for eighth place on some weekends. The surge is pretty big.” said. “But it only takes 0.1 seconds to find yourself a few rows ahead or behind, which is not a big difference at all.”
"It's a very different situation to fight Ferrari for third or eighth place, but we have to accept that that's the situation we're in." said. "If we have to fight for fifth place in a weekend and that's the maximum we can do, we should at least be happy that we got the best result."
"Now we need to focus more on maximizing the car's potential and the team's performance in the second half of the season." said. “We want to make sure we get the maximum in terms of points, put aside any expectation of wins or podiums and focus on being consistent.”
