F1 | Turrini: “The Ferrari we saw in Miami is depressing”

F1 Ferrari GP Miami – Through the columns of his blog “Profondo Rosso”, on Quotidiano.net, Leo Turrini did not use sweet words to describe the performance displayed by Ferrari in the last Miami Grand Prix, the fifth round of the 2023 Formula 1 world championship, specifying how the final result obtained by Carlos Sainz e Charles Leclerc it was quite “depressing”.

Despite the prerequisites on the eve of the race, which were raised significantly thanks to the step forward shown by Baku, the Red team was unable to battle like Mercedes and Aston Martin, often even ending up "elbowing" with Haas and Alpine. A worrying step backwards that will have to push the technicians to understand what went wrong on the SF-23 during the race weekend in Florida.

“This Ferrari, the Ferrari of Miami, is depressing,” said the Emilian journalist. “I swear I felt physical discomfort seeing Leclerc for almost the entire race duel with Magnussen's Haas. But no, come on. And when Sainz got the penalty for speeding in the pit lane, well, I imagined he was venting his frustration at being too slow on the track. It is clear (euphemism) that for now the amazing "updates" just don't work. In Florida the Red was the fourth force, also behind Aston Martin and Mercedes".

“Considering the winter expectations, the balance is distressing,” he continued. "Painful. I don't think there's any point in ranting: things, even very harsh ones, can obviously be expressed calmly. My discomfort is the result of disenchantment: if you are in the middle of the storm, at least you must have a route. But here I have the impression that the compass is also broken!
I don't expect a Ferrari that is ahead of Red Bull. I know it's impossible. But maybe it isn't behind Aston Martin and Mercedes."