A week has passed since Charles Leclerc took a brilliant victory for Scuderia Ferrari at the Italian Grand Prix, his second win of the 2024 campaign. It’s also his second victory at Monza. Pit Debrief takes a look at the job done by the driver of car number 16, his race engineer Bryan Bozzi, and…
Heading into the weekend, a race win at the Italian Grand Prix didn’t appear to be on the cards for Ferrari. However, the pit wall and the driver came together to overcome the rapid McLarens, as Charles Leclerc took the chequered flag at Monza for the second time in his F1 career. With the upgrades…
Ferrari has announced the appointment of Loïc Serra as its new chassis technical director. Serra, formerly the performance director at Mercedes, will officially join Ferrari on the 1st of October and report directly to team principal Fred Vasseur. Serra’s move to Ferrari was initially confirmed in the summer of 2023, but due to an extended…
The FIA has issued a statement addressing the ongoing scrutiny surrounding the front wings of the Mercedes W15 and McLaren MCL38, following concerns raised by rivals Red Bull and Ferrari. The issue revolves around the apparent flexing of the front wings on these cars, which, while passing the standard FIA load-bearing tests, have been questioned…
Starting from fourth and fifth on the grid, Ferrari’s hopes of lifting the biggest trophy at the Italian Grand Prix were understandably low. And yet, the ‘Prancing Horse’ pulled off a dazzling heist against two incredibly quick McLarens—aided by an audacious one-stop strategy call and Charles Leclerc’s premium tyre management masterclass. Surrounded by the Tifosi…
After an extremely tough start to the weekend for Ferrari with Carlos Sainz getting knocked out in Q2 and Charles Leclerc only placing his car on the sixth grid position, nearly a second off pole despite a clean lap, Ferrari managed to turn things around on race day with a very good P3 and P5…
Italy and motorsport have always been strongly connected at a deep level. Historically, the country has been home to prestigious Formula 1 teams, such as the iconic Scuderia Ferrari, as well as talented drivers, from championship winners Giuseppe Farina and Alberto Ascari, to race winners like Giancarlo Fisichella and Jarno Trulli. More recently, Antonio Giovinazzi…
Ferrari’s first half of the 2024 F1 season has been a rollercoaster between incredible wins in Australia and Monaco, to big drops in performance in circuits like Montreal. The Italian outfit started the year as the second-fastest team on the grid, but McLaren and Mercedes’s dominant performances have since eclipsed their pace, especially with the…
Ferrari team principal Fred Vasseur is convinced the Italian team is making steps in the right direction but still wants more performance on the SF-24. The Scuderia finished fourth and sixth at the Hungaroring, an improvement on last year when the two Ferraris were on the verge of being lapped by race winner Max Verstappen,…
McLaren’s messy management of the Hungarian Grand Prix is one of the big talking points to come out of Sunday’s race. At the start, Oscar Piastri got a slightly better launch and took the lead from Lando Norris into turn 1. From there, he was controlling the race by 4s, although he did have a…
