F1 Racing - UK (2020-01)

Sort it outFerrari

Ferrari has a major problem and

needs radical action,so ma ybe the

Scuderia should look back to move

forward. The last time Ferrari

dominated F1 it carefully built a

team around a fantasticdriver and

it’s time itdid the same around

Charles Leclerc.

I’m not suggesting thatthe

team gets the old guard of Jean

Todt, Ross Brawn, Rory Byrne and

Paolo Martinelli back together,

which worked so well for Michael

Schumacher, but identifying,

executing and, crucially, sticking

to a long-term plan around Leclerc

seems the sensible way to go.

After all 2019 was another

season thatpromised so much

but disintegrated into problem

after problem, strategy errors,

driver infighting and a tepid

championship challenge.

As the season wound down there

was yetanother disappointing

performance from the team in

Abu Dhabi.It started with Leclerc

missinghis fi nal ru n in Q3,

expanded into thequery over the

amount of fuel inLeclerc’s car, and

ended in an ignominiousfi ne.

Get it sorted, or you’ll soon be

battling McLarenfor third rather

than Mer cedes and Red Bull for

top honours.

StevenWalker

By email

Surely now it’s timefor Ferrari to buildits future around the amazing talent of CharlesLeclerc

It’s as if we planned it

I thought your featureon Lewis

Hamilton’s outside interests [F1

Racing, December 2019] was a

very insightful article indeed.

However, I must save my

biggest congratulations for the

person who laid out the magazine

with a picture of Lewis on PAGE

44! #LH44

Richard Geary

Hythe, UK

Too much noise

Formula 1 coverage has improved

massively over the last decade, but

a couple of aspects have begun to

grate on me.

The fi rst is the proliferation of

>Inside the secretive world of F1 scrutineering

>Williams new boy Nicolas Latifi profiled

>Pictures of the year: our best images from 2019

>Now ThatWas A Car:Ferrari 312B

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grid walks.After 20-oddyears,

do they actuallyaddanythingto

thecoverageofF1?Theywer e

innovativewhenfi rst introduced

but now itseemsthathalf of th e

people onthe gridare broadcasters

tryingto do thesame.Instead of

increasingthe anticipation for the

upcomingraceitdoes the opposite

for me.Maybe thetimecouldbe

betterspentdoingaproperanalysis

ofpotentialracestrategies?

And the other thing that always

causes me to hit mute is when a

broadcaster switches to a team

principal on the pit wall. I’d much

rather listen to more driver/team

interaction on the radio.

Keith Brown

By email

No to reversed grids

Personally, I think the suggestion

regarding reversed grids in

Formula 1 is not very sensible,

for a number of reasons.

Firstly, putting the fastest

behind the slower cars is likely to

cause quite afew collisions on the

fi rst lap.

Secondly, I can seedrivers

trying togo the slowest when

qualifying sothat they can be

at the front.

And, fi nally, where do you

put thedrivers with no set time?

Up front?

Les Bray

By email

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