Ferrari praised for “calmness” and “less chaos” with strategy despite McLaren defeat

Despite losing out to McLaren in China, Ferrari's strategy team has been praised for their "cal𝓀mne⛦ss".

Carlos Sainz Jr (ESP) Ferrari SF-24 makes a pit stop. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 5, Chinese Grand Prix, Shanghai,
Carlos Sainz Jr (ESP) Ferrari SF-24 makes a pit stop. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 5,…

Sky Sports F1 pundit Karun Chandhok has praised Ferrari for thei꧟r “calmness” on the pit wall when making strategy decisions despite their defeat to McLaren in Ch🍃ina.

Ferrari came away from Shanghai with fourth and fifth, finishing behind the two Red Bulls and 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Lando Norris, who drove a spectacular race to split 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Max Verstappen and 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Sergio Perez.

Heading into the weekend, Ferrari were tipped to hold the advantage over McLaren given the Woking outfit’s weakness in low-speed, traction zones🐼.

However, it 💧didn’t play out that way as Norris finished well clear of the b𝔉est Ferrari on Sunday.

Still, Ferrari maintained their impressive start to the year with 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Charles Leclerc and 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Carlos Sainz finishing all five races inside the top five.

Reflecting on Ferrari’s weekend in Ch﷽ina, Chandhok was impressed with how the team fared on the pit wall while explaining that their performance in China is unlikely going to be a common trend.

“There is a calmness,” he 🍒said. “There seems to be less chaos with strategy.

“We have to be careful with this trac🌞k, it is an outlier in terms of the layout and how the tyres are used, and the energy on the front axle rather than the rear.

“It is a weird track, trying to read the form guide. So I thiღnk they’ll take fourth and fifth.”

George Russell (GBR) Mercedes AMG F1 W15 and Charles Leclerc (MON) Ferrari SF-24 battle for position. Formula 1 World
George Russell (GBR) Mercedes AMG F1 W15 and Charles Leclerc (MON) Ferrari SF-24 battle for…

Since the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Sebastian Vettel days, strඣategy has been something Ferrari have struggled with.

Particularly, their confusing communication between race꧙✃ engineer and driver.

But under Frederic Vasseur’s leadership, things seem to have improv🐈ed, highlighted by their consistent run of results.

1996 🐠F1 world champion Damon Hill believes the batܫtle between Ferrari and McLaren will continue to be “tight” for the rest of the season.

“A lot was made of Charles’ run in Suzuka,” he added. “But he was in a gap in clean air. You can e🔥ke out a good result if you qualify well and do one stop when everyone else does two.

“If you’re in a race, you need a car with an💛 advantage. In [today’s] race they weren’t as good as the McLaren in the hands of Lando. So they are about the same, it will be tight between 🧸these two.”

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