Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton have to “deal with driving and speak much less” in accordance with Ferrari president John Elkann, following a double retirement on the Sao Paulo Grand Prix.
Ferrari slipped to fourth within the constructors’ championship – 36 factors adrift of second-placed Mercedes – after failing to attain at Interlagos on Sunday. Leclerc was the harmless occasion in a collision between Oscar Piastri and Kimi Antonelli that eradicated the Monegasque when he was preventing for second place, whereas Hamilton was caught in two incidents – the second incomes him a time penalty – earlier than retiring with an excessive amount of harm.
“Brazil was an enormous disappointment,” Elkann mentioned. “If we have a look at the Formulation 1 championship, we are able to say that on one hand we have now our mechanics, who’re truly are profitable the championship with their efficiency and every part they’ve executed on the pit stops.
“If we have a look at our engineers, there is no doubt that the automotive has improved. If we have a look at the remaining, it is lower than par.
“We actually have drivers, for whom it is vital that they deal with driving and speak much less, as a result of we nonetheless have vital races forward of us and it isn’t unimaginable to get second place.”
Elkann was talking at an occasion for the 2026 Winter Olympic Video games that might be held throughout Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo early subsequent yr. His look coincided with a weekend the place Ferrari gained the World Endurance Championship titles for each drivers and producers, one thing he used to recommend the F1 workforce just isn’t working absolutely cohesively.
“To win each as a constructor and as drivers is an exquisite demonstration that when Ferrari is united, when everyone seems to be collectively, you’ll be able to obtain nice issues,” Elkann added.
Leclerc appeared to be aware of Elkann’s feedback together with his newest social media put up, as he highlighted the necessity for the workforce to stay united at this stage of the season.
“Disappointing to come back again house with practically no factors in any respect for the workforce in what’s a important second of the season to battle for the second place within the constructors championship,” Leclerc wrote. “It’s uphill from now and it’s clear that solely unity may help us flip that scenario round within the final the races. We’ll give all of it, as at all times.”
