Domenicali impressed by Red Bulls at Monza

Scuderia Ferrari may have difficulty beating Red Bull at home. The single-seaters of Milton Keynes indeed signed the best times in the second free practice session and displayed the best performances in the long relays. With almost nine tenths ahead of the Ferrari F138 of Fernando Alonso fifth of the day, Sebastian Vettel showed that he still intended to play for victory on Ferrari land. The stable of Maranello already expecting a tough weekend at Monza. “From what we saw today, Red Bull looks very competitive”, recognizes Stefano Domenicali. “We saw them set a time straight away and normally that's a good sign for them. I think it will be a difficult weekend for everyone because the cars will be put to the test in these kinds of temperatures. »

The Scuderia Ferrari Team Principal now hopes that his team will find solutions to allow the Prancing Horse cars to reduce their delay on the Red Bull cars. However, the Italian is aware that it will take even more to shine at home. “At the end of the day we have to understand all the data collected and make sure we adopt the right configuration for the car tomorrow, that will be the job of the engineers tonight. It will be very important to have a good weekend in front of our spectators. We also know that we have to try to be faster and faster to put pressure on those in front of us. It is not enough to try to get closer to them and be ready if they encounter a problem because then we would lose our opportunities. »