Why Ferrari isn't changing its 2023 F1 car concept to copy Red Bull
OPINION: Ferrari team boss Fred Vasseur says Formula 1 should not expect his team to make a Mercedes-like decision to abandon its 2023 car concept in-season in a bid to catch Red Bull. So, judging by comments made by Carlos Sainz in Melbourne, it seems the Scuderia has something else planned.
Ferrari insists it’s not a Formula 1 team in crisis. This is despite its haul from the opening three rounds of the 2023 season standing at 26 points, with a best result of fourth and no podium finishes.
What cannot be denied is that this represents the team’s worst start to a season in terms of points scored after three rounds since 2009.
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Alex Kalinauckas is Autosport's Grand Prix Editor, covering every Formula 1 race since the start of 2020. After completing a master's degree in journalism at Goldsmiths College University of London in 2014, he worked for a range of motorsport and technology publications while covering national racing as an Autosport freelancer.
A lifelong motorsport fan - no one in his family can explain quite how or why such a development first occurred - Alex joined the Autosport staff in April 2017 as the magazine’s Assistant Editor covering Formula 2 and GP3, before being made Formula E correspondent and Autosport.com’s Plus Editor in March 2018. He lives in north-east London and is constantly frustrated by the Central Line.
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