The Scuderia kicked off the season with strong results in the first few races. However, they’ve had a visible performance and pace deficit to Red Bull for the majority of the season. Even though Charles Leclerc started the race in Monza from pole, he simply didn’t have the pace to hold off or challenge the Red Bull of Max Verstappen. Schmidt believes this has to do with the car’s high tire degradation.
In his article for Auto Motor und Sport, Schmidt wrote:
Explaining the engineers’ perspectives on what might be going wrong for Ferrari this season, he added:
Ferrari boss explains that the booing in Monza was directed towards the FIA and not Max Verstappen
For the first time in his career, Max Verstappen won the Italian Grand Prix last weekend. However, the Tifosi were reportedly booing the Dutchman.
Nonetheless, Ferrari team boss Mattia Binotto claimed that the reaction was directed towards the FIA. The race directorship denied fans an exciting last few laps by not restarting the race after the safety car.
As quoted by f1i.com, the Italian said:
Red Bull team boss Christian Horner also admitted that the team would have preferred to see the race restart. He was confident that Max Verstappen would maintain his lead and win the race fairly. In a post-race media interaction, the Briton said:
Verstappen currently leads the championship and could mathematically win the title at the upcoming Singapore GP.
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