Excitement at Ferrari as 2022 dawns

Accustomed to playing at the forefront, Scuderia Ferrari has had a somewhat complicated last two seasons. If it still won 3rd place among the Manufacturers in 2021, the firm of Maranello remains on two difficult campaigns with two small pole positions of Charles Leclerc (Monaco and Azerbaijan in 2021) to eat only and no victory.

After hitting rock bottom in 2020 and making up a good part of the delay in 2021, the Reds are looking towards 2022 and the first laps of the new F1. " Despite the limitation of regulations, we managed to turn the corner, told us recently Laurent Mékiès, sporting director of the Scuderia. If we continue to work as we have been able to do over the last few months, this will allow us to bring the team back to the right place. We are excited by the challenge, but certainly not blinded. We have put in a lot of work and are excited to see where we are. If we've been through this before? Yes. Are we apprehensive? No. We are aware of the value of opposition, and no one in Maranello thinks it's going to be easy! »

So how is this 2022 campaign shaping up? With a lot of hope according to the Frenchman, happy to be able to rely on the solid duo formed by Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz, respectively 7th and 5th in 2021. “ They perfectly describe how they feel, but they also have the desire and motivation to find solutions, continues Laurent Mékiès. They express themselves with their words and don't always agree, but it gives us a chance to look from another perspective. This part works well, although there is always room for better. The way they complement each other is as good as it gets. Level of respect, belief, desire to work together, they both have the same ambition to boost the team. »

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And a few weeks before the first runs, excitement is the order of the day in Maranello where we hope to hear the Fratelli d'Italia (Italian anthem) ring out again on the F1 podiums. “ We are all excited because it will be completely different, recognizes the DS of the Scuderia. The cars will be different from each other at first, but I think after 6 months – 1 year the window will be narrower. In Barcelona, ​​on the first day of testing, we will put the car on the ground, then measure what we hope to measure, and correct what is wrong as we have always done. If the correlation is not good, the money intended for Spec will have to be used. 2 and maybe even 3 to solve the problem. There will be no other choice, but it will have serious consequences for the team which will have to submit to it.… ”

At its lowest in 2020, constantly improving in 2021, Ferrari intends to take advantage of the new technical regulations to regain the first places on the grid and taste the champagne of victory again in 2022.

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