Ferrari troubles to continue throughout 2023 F1 season?

Ferrari's history is spiced with great winning seasons, as well as the dominance of Michael Schumacher, who played for this team. But in recent seasons, the Scuderia is constantly missing something.

Since 2014, another factory team, Mercedes, has taken the lead with significant dominance. Therefore, tifosi looked with great hopes into the 2022 season, in which there were noticeable changes in the regulations. While Red Bull are enjoying a resurgence of the mind they enjoyed over a decade ago.

And after the first races, it seemed that the coveted victory in the F1 Constructors' Championship was already in hand, and the season would be a cakewalk, as the team completely dominated. But the team from Maranello had enough enthusiasm for only half of the season, after which problems began with the reliability of the cars, and in the Constructors' title race, Ferrari was only slightly ahead of Mercedes, taking second place. And the backlog from Red Bull at the end of the season turned out to be catastrophic at all - 205 points.

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The start of Ferrari in the 2023 season is clearly not a success. Immediately in the debut race, it became clear that Aston Martin showed significant progress, which forced the fight on Mercedes. Red Bull continued to dominate as Adrian Newey delivered yet another masterpiece in the form of the RB19 car. But Ferrari started with a failure.

The very first race was remembered by the retirement of Leclerc and the fourth place of Sainz. In Saudi Arabia, both partners reached the finish line, but were only 6th and 7th. The race in Australia was a huge failure for the team from Maranello. Leclerc dropped out on the first lap, and Sainz finished only twelfth.

Therefore, high hopes relied on the race in Spain, home of Carlos Sainz. In addition, Ferrari announced significant updates in terms of aerodynamics (visually, the car became more like a Red Bull with characteristic pontoons). But, as it turned out, the updates did not bring the desired result, and the team looked even worse than in previous races.

After seven Rounds, Ferrari in the F1 Constructors' Championship is only in fourth place with 100 points in the asset. For comparison, the first three have the following results:

At the same time, the Scuderia has only one pole position and one podium (3rd place) in seven races. In the individual competition, the situation is even worse. Carlos Sainz is in 6th place with 58 points. His partner is in 7th position with 42 points.

The more races there are in a season, the more obvious some of Ferrari's problems become. Among these we note:

In Formula 1, not only the maximum speed of the car or good downforce and agility in corners is important. For success, it is necessary that a particular type of tyre works correctly and helps to achieve maximum effect. The Scuderia has big problems with this aspect. Indicative was the performance in Barcelona.

Ferrari has a very narrow operating window. This means that it is difficult for the team to get into the optimal conditions under which the tires and the car will work perfectly. Because of this, most of the team's problems arise. In qualifying, it is clear that the car is able to give out 1-2 fast laps. But the next day, racing pace is not enough.

For example, in Spain, Leclerc, who started from the pit lane on hard, was expected to go the longest in the race, after which he would gain an advantage in the final stretch of the race. But the "white" tires did not work and Charles could hardly compete with the opponents coming at the tail of the peloton.

Ferrari strategists are already a separate topic, which has become the basis for a large number of jokes and memes on the Internet. The team often experiments, and sometimes makes completely unexpected mistakes, which in the end significantly worsens the position of the pilots on the track. In this regard, both Scuderia drivers expressed dissatisfaction more than once. Against the background of such moments, the team no longer seems as monolithic as it was a few years ago.

Also, problems with the reliability of cars have not gone away. Even when you manage to keep a high pace in the race, there are always risks of failure or fire of the power plant. In this regard, it seems that no changes have been made since last year's season. Especially the Ferrari car is unreliable in races at relatively high air temperatures. Then it is possible to use the limit