After Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz’s miserable Canadian Grand Prix, are Ferrari ready to win the Formula One World Championship?
Ferrari have not won an F1 championship since claiming the 2008 constructors’ title; Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz struggled all weekend in Canada as the team had their first pointless Sunday since last year’s Australian GP
Sergio Perez and Carlos Sainz were forced to retire their cars after they both suffered separate crashes at the Canadian Grand Prix.
Following a dismal weekend for Ferrari at the Canadian Grand Prix, Sky Sports F1 assess whether the Italian team are ready to end their title drought.
Ferrari suffered their first double DNF in two years as a shocking lack of pace was compounded by Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz failing to finish the race.
From the high of Leclerc’s victory on home soil in Monaco to power unit issues, mistakes from team and driver, plus tyre struggles in Montreal, Ferrari find themselves scratching their heads ahead of the Spanish Grand Prix.
Max Verstappen’s win at the weekend puts him 56 points ahead of Leclerc in the drivers’ championship and left Ferrari 48 points behind Red Bull in the constructors’ standings.
Ahead of Montreal, Leclerc believed Ferrari could beat Red Bull in at least one of the championships this year, but those hopes suffered a major blow across the weekend.
If Ferrari are to be taken as serious contenders, whether that’s this season or not, they cannot afford weekends like this where almost everything went wrong.
