What the Colombian said
F1 is ready to raise the curtain on the 2026 World Championship and in Australia we will actually find out how much Mercedes hid in testing and if Ferrari can truly return to dreaming of winning a World title that has been missing for practically 20 years.
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Charles Leclerc was the fastest in the Bahrain tests and Ferrari also has among its various aces up its sleeve the ‘Macarena’ rear wing just glimpsed in Sakhir for a few laps. Among the insiders across the Channel and beyond, there is still a certain skepticism regarding the real competitiveness of the Ferrari SF-26 and Juan Pablo Montoya is no exception.
“Ferrari will not be competitive, it is hard to imagine that it could happen – said the former Colombian driver reached by Vision4Sport – every year it’s the same story, it’s hard to believe they will manage to put everything together, I just can’t imagine it. I would like to be able to say yes, because I would like to see Lewis Hamilton become world champion with Ferrari. I think it would be fantastic. But it’s hard to believe they will actually succeed. George Russell will win the World Championship and Mercedes will win the Constructors’ title.”
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