Sainz did a great job today as well, not as good as Charles on the tyres but still squeezed out an extra 2 seconds for Charles, mega job there. Would have been nice to see him on the podium, he would have deserved it.Vanja #66 wrote: ↑01 Sep 2024, 20:39On another note, Sainz deserves mega praise even if he just missed the podium. His final race in Italy and Monza for Ferrari, on his birthday, fought a good fight against drivers on fresh tyres and definitely saved Leclerc from any kind of attack from Piastri. He was invaluable for this win and I think it's a very nice way to return the favour for Singapore last year
Few other nice things to point out:
- at this race Ferrari outscored their 2023 points tally - with 6 races less and even stronger competition
- at this race Leclerc also outscored his 2023 tally and Sainz should achieve that at the next race as well
- first time since 1979 Ferrari won both Monaco and Monza, it was Scheckter who won both races then and later the title too
I'm gonna keep my trap shut here
The stat about surpassing the point total of last year already is quite impressive, especially given the difficulties after Monaco until Hungary. Great work by the team to improve by so much and to continue to work hard to bring upgrades.
Let's wait and see on this. The SF24 has always had great tyre management, the issue has just been the lack of overall pace. If the SF24 is competitive on the more loaded circuits as well, then we can hope and dream : )