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Ferrari failing their drivers again this weekend. (self.formula1)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by quintinza to c/[email protected]

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Ferrari really dropped all the balls this weekend. Sainz has been in the way of other drivers repeatedly, which falls on his engineer who should let him know when cars are coming. In rainy conditions the drivers can't see jack nothing in their mirrors and it's like Sainz was just left to his own devices by his engineer.

Honorable mention for Tsunoda doing his best mobile roadblock impression. Holy heck he was constantly in the way this weekend.

Then there is poor Leclerc. He asked for slicks, and his team overruled him and it caused him to be eliminated in Q2. How much longer can he stomach Ferrari incompetence before he starts putting feelers out for a drive elsewhere? As things are going at the Ferrari strategy desk it's clear the prancing horse has bolted the barn and his chances of getting a championship is in the low zeros.

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[–] FlayOtters 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It was very telling when Leclerc said he thinks he should be on soft and the response over the radio was that Verstappen was on the same tyre as him. That's not the point!

I really think he want out the team but there's no other options at the minute.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This is such a want and not based in reality:

Whenever HAM retires, Leclerc making the switch to Merc would just delight me. I'd be really curious how he and George stack up

[–] FlayOtters 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

It's a shame the timing doesn't line up better with Leclerc's contract ending/Hamilton's retirement (not currently anyway).

Lando still the most likely Mercedes pick for 2026 for me.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I agree on both accounts. Another interesting pairing would be George and Lando. Besides Max (in a bit of a field of his own?) It's hard to tell how the "middle aged" F1 generation stacks up (Leclerc, Lando, George, Albon, specifically)

[–] florge 2 points 1 year ago

Weird to think of those four drivers as middle aged, but they have been around a while now.