Bojan Vrbnjak
Strange - with that word he is young Charles Leclerc marked his first season at Ferrari. Otherwise, he was able to celebrate with the team first successes, but a big fight for the title against Mercedes so he was absent. After problems with reliability and strategic wrong decisions of the team, still emerged in the second half of the season friction with teammate Sebastian Vettl. "I'd say it was an intense season,”Added the team leader Mattia binotto.
An Italian who is years old 2019 took over the leadership of the team from Maurizio Arrivabeneja, drew a sober conclusion. binotto is not known for his ardent temperament, which is why analytically also tackled team mistakes. “A lot has happened. If we look at the season from a team perspective or a technical perspective, it was a linear season."With the word"strange”There is nothing he can do. “If anything was unusual, then it was our form after winter testing.“Expectations were, after Wettlow best testing time, high. The Italians even saw themselves in the role of the favorite, but they were in Melbourne for this sublimity quickly punished.
"I don’t think we ever fully understood what happened between Barcelona and Australia. Others simply took a step forward." Mercedes managed to win double victories in the first four races, Ferrari however, he had to wait for his first win until the second half of the season. Their race car SF90 is the largest weaknesses showed above all in bends, in which rivals were significantly faster. He was only on the plains Ferrari strong. “The race car was significantly better in the second half of the season when compared to the first half. Nevertheless, even then we did not have the fastest car in every race."
Tire wear was too high compared to the competition. A Vettel and Leclerc they were at the forefront at least in qualifying. Statistics show: If Ferrari on average on a racing weekend in the first half compared to Mercedes recorded lag in height three tenths seconds, however, had a small advantage in the second half four hundredths. "We definitely didn’t have the best race car in the corners, but now at least we know our weaknesses. And we can work on that.”Specifically to February 11thwhen they unveil the new race car of the season 2020.
