Scuderia Ferrari has been feeling quite optimistic since last weekend, while at the Australian Grand Prix they only felt they had some chance, now they almost consider themselves a contender...
It's true that Carlos Sainz put in a sensational performance in Melbourne, but the truth is that it was only because Max Verstappen was hampered by a rare technical issue. It seems that the challenger is somewhat forgetting this these days...
"The Australian Grand Prix is perfect proof that if we put everything together well, we can put them under pressure. I'm not sure if we can do it every weekend, but if we can, we can force them to make mistakes. And that's good, we have to move in that direction! They are also human, if we put a burden on them, if they constantly see us in the mirror, if they have something to lose, they will make it worse. We are much more confident than ever before. We are handling things better, our performance is more encouraging, our attitude is more positive, this was also visible in Australia. From the first lap of the first day, we had the pace, I feel that our car can be the best more and more often on Sundays," said Scuderia Ferrari team principal Frederic Vasseur, who was incredibly optimistic.
This would be a great joy for any impartial fan, a truly exciting championship battle, but something tells me that this optimism is a bit premature.
