Every novelty works: the 38-point gap with Verstappen is within reach. If the red ones don’t break …
The 38 points behind Max Verstappen are an easily scalable mountain for Ferrari that has been seen in the Zeltweg hills: more powerful, stable, faster and gentler on Max Verstappen’s Red Bull tires. Two victories at home, albeit in different situations and with different drivers, first at Silverstone (22 km from Milton Keynes, headquarters of the team) then precisely in Austria, in the circuit owned by the drinkers, are worth more than the 12 points recovered by Charles Leclerc to the championship leader. Ferrari has never stopped believing in it even on the darkest days like in Baku. And the initial objective of this long month of July (4 races in 5 weeks) remains intact: to reduce, if not cancel, the disadvantage of the world champion before the summer break. «We believe in it – explained Mattia Binotto before returning to Maranello – because this car was fast not only on this occasion but it has shown that it can win at Silverstone and in the previous races in Monaco, Spain, where Leclerc was leading with an advantage significant. Red Bull has brought developments in Great Britain and we have something too but this has not changed the balance, they divide us a few tenths or even just one. To the advantage of one or the other depending on the characteristics of the track. At the moment the victory counts a lot for Leclerc because in the last few races he has had more than one chance to win, this result was important ».