Originally Posted by
jgonzalesm6
This sounds so "polictical." Of course everything went acccording to plan wih Sainz because HE CALLED IT on team radio before the pit box....So Carlos got the team ready. He became his own tire strategist when it started to rain.
It was "chaotic" with Leclec because WE(Ferrari) did'nt react quick enough to 1) bring him in after Sainz to double stack to change to inter's 2) Leclerc felt he could'nt come in because Sainz was in first.......really ????. Where's the confidence that Leclerc needed ot here like "BOX BOX BOX" immediately after Sainz.
Of course they will build and learn on the experienced gained today.........Ferrari needed to be pro-active instead of being reactive. You can build a better car but IF your pitwall is'nt up to snuff in moments like this, you're lacking when going up against Mercedes or RedBull in situations like this.
If you look at Merc, both the driver (Lewis) and the team are confident enough to make strategy calls. They don't intimidate each other despite robust exchanges from time to time. Bottas on the other hand doesn't seem to have the same confidence as Lewis on calling strategy, as a result he doesn't enjoy the same strategy benefit as Lewis (putting aside the no. 1 driver dynamic which obviously is a factor).
Looking at Ferrari, I get the feeling the pit crew and the drivers don't have equal confidence. Leclerc had made his own calls in the past and this may have caused the team to be less confident in making calls and instead rest on their laurels and wait for the driver to call. This should not be the case. I saw a similar thing with McLaren and Lando where they asked him what he thinks about inters instead of telling him to box. Drivers are so high-profile in the sport that the pit wall are scared of them. Again, except at Merc and possibly Red Bull.
Whereas Leclerc seems more talented than Carlos, Carlos seems more level-headed than Leclerc, which is why he made the call earlier and better than Leclerc.
For Leclerc to say he couldn't come in because Sainz was coming in perhaps shows too much respect and tip-toeing between the drivers and not enough big-picture thinking. Imagine Max or Lewis or Alonso saying that. I certainly can't. In fact I don't think Sainz would have thought like that either. Leclerc should have insisted on coming in, but obviously whatever Ferrari are doing with their driver management led him to think he doesn't have the right to do that.
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