The Canadian Grand Prix it came like a cold shower on a Ferrari still loaded in the post-Monte Carlo era. In Montreal both Leclerc and Sainz retired after an uphill race, in which the pilots fought with the SF-24 before their opponents. As for the Monegasque, the reason for the DNF was a engine problem, while for the Spaniard it was the damage accumulated after a spin. And yet, second Franco Nugnesthe cause of the disastrous weekend is not to be found only in Canada, but in Maranello, where the engineers they “simply” made wrong decisions regarding the set-up and other characteristics of the car.
“For the problems I start from the beginning of the week, if not even from the end of the previous onealthough I don’t think the Monte Carlo hangover affected the work being prepared in Canada. The curbs of the track scared the technicians and I believe that they trivially decided on the wrong car for that GP. They showed up with an inadequate vehiclea, the simulations and the mechanical definition of the car were wrong. Rain was another concern, it wasn’t seen as an opportunity. The single-seater has never been competitive, except in some situations of Free Practice with more fuel on board and with a greater load. The men from Maranello knew what conditions they were in and we never saw a smile from anyone. Vasseur himself, who is usually very self-ironic when things go wrong, was a stone; in general his attitude was different, in the awareness of how the trust that had been transferred to the team after the victory in Monaco had been betrayed. The machine did not work: in my opinion, bringing out that 80 horsepower was missing was a gross excuse to hide the real problems“said the journalist in the Motorsport Italia podcast.
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