Scuderia Ferrari’s Team Principal noted in an interview that they won due to new tires and a virtual safety car. Here’s the thing: Scuderia Ferrari hasn’t won a race since Canada, where both SF-26s successfully crossed the checkered flag. We did not win. The team is bleeding massively after Charles failed to cross the line twice, and the same can be said for Mercedes as well.
Monaco was simple: Charles made the wrong call. It wasn’t a failure of Brembo or industrial brakes those have worked well for each respective driver throughout their careers. I’m referring to his decision to call for new brakes at the race start; perhaps a worn set from Qualifying or Free Practice would have yielded an entirely different result. Once is a coincidence, but twice is a pattern. It was a bad call, plain and simple.
Hamilton won, but had both Ferraris finished, the Constructors’ Championship would still be achievable by relying on the car and the driver to make overtakes in “incredible style and fashion.” 220 that’s the projected number. With Russell suffering the same fate in Canada, and Kimi recently as well, Scuderia Ferrari could have been poised to do just that: win for the first time this decade.
However, Stella has made his move. Capitalizing on Red Bull’s inability to navigate tight corners, he has executed a brilliant strategy that showcases raw driver talent and rock-solid constructor reliability.
