The great former is enchanted by the SF-26
The Virtual Safety Car certainly ‘distorted’ positively the performance of the Ferrari SF-26 in the Belgian GP at Spa, especially that of Charles Leclerc. The Monegasque driver finished the GP very close to the winner Andrea Kimi Antonelli perhaps not giving the right credit to the superiority of the Antonelli-Mercedes pairing during the Belgian weekend.
In any case, Ferrari certainly offered better performances than expected both at Silverstone and Spa, a great response after the difficulties at the Red Bull Ring in Austria.
Lewis Hamilton is 45 points behind Antonelli, Leclerc at -78 and Ferrari pays 73 points to Mercedes in the Constructors’ Championship.
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The former team principal Maurizio Arrivabene, guest on Sky during the post-race analysis Race Anatomy, emphasized that from his point of view the Ferrari SF-26 is a great car with still potential to be extracted: “Leclerc? He is starting to understand this car very well. It’s a great car. Mercedes has connected all the dots, here some details are missing, although fundamental. I really like this car.”
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