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He was in Ferrari with Prost and Mansell: now he’s stern with Charles Leclerc
The judgment comes from someone who knows Maranello well, and it is harsh.
Ferrari without someone to lead it out of trouble, and Charles Leclerc fast and good, but without the makings of a leader. This is the very blunt assessment given on the current state of the Cavallino by a driver who has been around Maranello and Fiorano for many years. He is Gianni Morbidelli, test driver in the years of Nigel Mansell and Alain Prost and the one who also took the latter’s place after the famous dismissal at the end of 1991.
Interviewed by AutoMoto.it, Morbidelli spoke clearly about Ferrari’s problems: “I see a team without a rudder and a helmsman to take it out of the shallows. It’s not easy because Ferrari is a difficult entity for those on the outside to understand. It is not so easy to say take this, move that, do that other. You have everyone’s eyes on you and that is bad. Then about the drivers little to say. They are two good guys, fast, among the fastest I would say. Leclerc has that extra something in qualifying that makes the difference.”
Just about the latter, however, there is an important clarification from Morbidelli: “For me beyond the skill, which I don’t dispute and indeed I must say I like both of them, Leclerc lacks personality, cue. He has to be a leader but after five seasons he is still there arguing with the engineers, he doesn’t know whether to stay out or change tires, he complains over the radio about his teammate if he overtakes him, if he makes different strategies.”
“A leader those things he overcomes, he doesn’t give a damn. Does Sainz pass you? Who cares, think about your own, about the race. It’s you in the car, you have to be the one to tell the pit box the track conditions, if you feel like staying out or you have to come back in. And then you have to be a team player. Here, all these things Schumacher had, Prost had them too but he was on a collision course with Fiorio. So, I promote Leclerc on driving and speed with a lot of talent, on the rest there is still a lot to do to get to the top,” Morbidelli added.
Finally, the driver from Pesaro had his say on Leclerc’s future, calming those who fear he may leave Maranello in the future. “But where do you want him to go? Here the contracts are annual, of teams that win less and less and moreover full for the future, he can only stay there and win with Ferrari,” Morbidelli assured.
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So Alessandro Nesta, Monza coach, on the eve of the match against Como: “It’s an important match for us because it’s been a difficult season, we’ve been missing something. Winning a derby can help put a piece to the season, it would be important, we hope to do well.”
Facing us will be mister Cesc Fabregas who in the conference spoke of a Monza that was difficult to beat and that, net of the standings, put many teams in trouble: “I return the esteem because he plays great soccer, his idea has been seen throughout the championship. I have to congratulate him”.
The derby against the Larians will be the first ever in Serie A at the’U-Power Stadium: “I hope tomorrow will be anyone’s day, anyone who wants to do their best to make history. If you win 1-0, 30 years from now we will remember that derby won because of a player. It’s an opportunity to stay in the history of this club. I would rather win the derby than finish second to last. You are always relegated, but if you win the derby you stay in history”.
Nesta recovers, at least for the bench, Luca Caldirola, Andrea Carboni and Stefano Sensi. “What I try to convey to the players are the difficulties I had. I had surgery 10 times and stopped at 38. All players have difficulties, but it matters how you react to difficulties. It’s easy to tell that I won the Champions League or that I won the World Cup, but you also have to tell that I lost a derby 5-1 and that I left the Olimpico in a helicopter. If you are given up for dead, you have to bring out the fire in you. Would I reconfirm myself next season? No, given the results”.
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When there were 30 minutes to the end of FP2 resumed the activity on the track, interrupted for the Jack Doohan’s very bad accident.
But the red flags were soon back flying for the’Fernando Alonso off the track, ended up in the sand without consequences for driver and car.
The tow truck had to intervene, however, to pull the’Aston Martin out of the gravel. Meanwhile, Doohan is at the medical center for checks.
Moral of the fairy tale, the second free practice session was interrupted four times by red flags, two due to Doohan and Alonso accidents and two due to principles of fire on the grass at the edge of the track due to very strong winds.
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Federica Brignone spent a quiet night at the La Madonnina Clinic in Milan. The Fisi Medical Commission that examined her this morning is satisfied with her post-operative course. Later in the day, the champion from Valle d’Aosta will begin assisted physiotherapy.
The ANSA reported the first words after the terrible injury at the Italian championships in Val di Fassa of the winner of the overall World Cup, the second of her career, as well as the downhill and giant slalom trophies and gold in giant slalom and silver in super-G at the World Championships.
“At the happiest time in my career, it just didn’t take, I had another month of work ahead of me and I was looking forward to it. Instead, I will have to face a new challenge in which I will put all of myself, as always,” Federica said.
“The track conditions were great, I was fine, and if I went back I would do everything the same again….trying, however, not to fall!” added Federica finding the strength to joke.
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