Ferrari discovered causes to smile as soon as once more on the second American spherical of the season. In Austin, Charles Leclerc delivered an impressive drive to safe third place on the rostrum, ending simply forward of his teammate Lewis Hamilton. This end result was essential for the Maranello-based workforce, which had been in a seemingly inescapable disaster after the summer time break. The achievement got here solely twenty-four hours after a direct intervention from John Elkann, who reaffirmed his confidence in workforce principal Frédéric Vasseur.
The workforce principal of Scuderia Ferrari had described the scenario after Saturday’s qualifying session as “irritating” for the squad. The dearth of any upgrades on the automotive had vital psychological repercussions, but it didn’t alter the workforce’s targets. A victory stays the final word objective for the Scuderia, however the workforce continues to concentrate on securing second place within the Constructors’ Championship.
Lewis Hamilton faces late-race scare in Austin
In the course of the closing laps of the Austin Grand Prix, Lewis Hamilton appeared to undergo from a sluggish puncture. The British driver reported by way of radio to his race engineer a attainable situation with the front-right tire. Riccardo Adami responded that, based on the information evaluation, there didn’t appear to be any rapid issues with the SF-25.
Regardless of this, the #44 driver misplaced a number of seconds on the ultimate lap, reiterating his issues over the workforce radio: “One thing occurred to my front-right, I don’t know what it’s.” Ferrari will possible conduct extra detailed analyses to find out the precise nature of the issue. However, the seven-time world champion managed to complete in fourth place, thanking the workforce for his or her effort: “Nice job, thanks everybody, let’s maintain pushing.”
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