Ferrari’s degradation was fatal in the Bahrain Grand Prix. Especially in the last section, where carlos sainz experienced an ordeal with Fernando Alonso behind. He couldn’t hold back the Aston Martin and fell off the podium. Even so, he did better than his partner, Charles Leclercwhose car stopped with a battery problem.
The fight between Sainz and Alonso didn’t last long. He RAM23 It was much quicker and Alonso was in the middle of a comeback, riding with much more pace than the Ferraris.
The Asturian had gone to Lewis Hamilton with a spectacular maneuver in turn 10, an area almost impossible to overtake. And Ferrari, from the wall, warned Sainz that he could try it there.
“Alonso passed Hamilton in the corners 9-10. Look there, just in case. It’s 1.3 seconds,” Sainz said from the Ferrari cabin.
“Okay, I’ll take care of it”Sainz replied But he couldn’t do it. The overtake was not in this area, but in a curve after using the DRS. The Aston Martin was superior to the Ferrari. This was the case at the start of the Formula 1 season.
“Alonso passed Hamilton in turns 9-10. Look there, just in case”
This is how Ferrari alerted by radio @Carlossainz55 after overtaking @alo_official a Hamilton pic.twitter.com/Y5clS6piUE
— DAZN Spain (@DAZN_ES) March 7, 2023
Ferrari has a lot of work ahead of it. In tire degradation and also in reliability issues like the Leclerc battery. Could be penalized after a single race for changing you two batteries. Something almost unusual in the competition.
Australia is the next appointment. And from Maranello they hope not to be so far from Max Verstappen (the difference in the race was more than 40 seconds) and to be able to fight against Fernando Alonso’s Aston.