A beginning to be designed, that of Ferrari and its drivers, authors of a double victory at the Bahrain Grand Prix that marks the return of the Maranello team to a high level. The wait and suffering of the past few years has not been in vain judging from what we saw in that first race where the Reds were perfect in every way.
Among other things, the bracket signed by Charles Leclerc and Carlo Sainz It’s immediately difficult given the zero Red Bull driver left on foot by their car when the race is almost over: Max Verstappen he had to retire with two laps to go, Sergio Perez last, both due to lack of drive. When he was about to cross the finish line, Leclerc let himself be carried away by the euphoria of the moment he joked with the box: “I’m losing power,” he said as he entered the penultimate corner of the Grand Prix. After checking all the data, the Ferrari Wall jokingly replied: “It’s better if you stop at the end of the straight, there’s a double yellow flag in Turn 1.”
In short, a perfect weekend for Leclerc, author of pole position, fastest race lap and victory: “A dream start and I’m really happy. During those terribly difficult years, we thought it was the moment of salvation, and it has come. The guys did an incredible job and gave us a fantastic car and everything went well, even with Carlos Double: we couldn’t have done better.