Ralf claims Ferrari are paying for ‘slacking off’

Ralf Schumacher believes that after their drivers made mistakes earlier this season, it is now Ferrari as a team who are “slacking off”.

Ferrari could probably scarcely have imagined how well the first three races of 2022 would go for them, as Charles Leclerc won in Bahrain and Australia with both he and the Scuderia opening big leads in the World Championships as Red Bull suffered reliability woes.

But that situation has completely turned around and it is now Red Bull in control of both title races after they enjoyed a one-two finish last time out in Azerbaijan, Max Verstappen beating Sergio Perez, whereas Ferrari suffered two retirements before the halfway mark due to car breakdowns.

Leclerc’s high point was in Melbourne but in the next race at Imola he threw away seven points with a costly late spin, while Carlos Sainz had spun out at Melbourne and also made an early exit from the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix due to an opening-lap collision with Daniel Ricciardo which was not the Spaniard’s fault.

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Schumacher thinks the errors that had crept into the Ferrari drivers’ performances at rounds three and four of the championship are now affecting the team as a whole as race nine, the Canadian Grand Prix, fast approaches.

Onwards we march, together as one #essereFerrari