Las Vegas, free practice below expectations at Ferrari

Bad awakening in the Ferrari house after the first two free practice sessions of the Las Vegas Grand Prix. There is no doubt that Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz expected more than the fourth and sixth places they got in the first session and the fifth and fourth places in the second. Here are their words and those of the team prinxipal of the house of Maranello Frederic Vasseur.

Charles Leclerc: “It wasn’t è a memorable day for us, but it seems it was also complicated for the other teams. We are not as strong as we expected to be before we went on track, with these very cold weather conditions for us è it is still difficult to get the tires into the ideal temperature, which we knew would be the challenge of the weekend, so tonight we will work on that. Let’s see what we can bring home tomorrow”.

Carlos Sainz: “Today’s in Las Vegas è was a complicated Thursday, mainly because of the track conditions, which had very little grip and gave us strange feelings in the car. For the second session we tried something different, but we are still not satisfied with our position and we need to continue working on it. Hopefully, tonight’s analysis will help us identify the main areas for improvement, so that we can arrive at tomorrow’s qualifying in better shape. The race pace was not bad, but there’è still a lot to do”.

Frederic Vasseur: “Ferrari favored for the Las Vegas GP? I don&#39t know if we are the favorite, definitely è a balanced and difficult weekend from the start. The battle è very tight, we have improved from last year. The most important thing è is to be ready for the race, è the one we are thinking about and focused on”.

The Tour of the Alps pays tribute to Jannik Sinner

The Tour of the Alps resumes, seven months after Juan Pedro López’s thrilling success. The Euro-regional stage race revealed Thursday, Nov. 21, 2024 at the PalaCongressi in Riva del Garda the routes of the 48th edition, scheduled from April 21 to 25, 2025 on the roads of Tyrol, South Tyrol and Trentino.

The event drew the top brass of world cycling: Uci president David Lappartient, Uec president Enrico Della Casa, Aiocc president Christian Prudhomme (director of the Tour de France) in addition to Italian Cycling Federation president Cordiano Dagnoni, Austrian Cycling Federation president Harald Mayer and numerous other authorities, including the organizers of all the most important events in world cycling.

Five stages, 739 kilometers and 14,700 meters of elevation gain starting in Trentino and will be; San Lorenzo Dorsino to host the eve day on Easter Sunday and then start and finish of the inaugural stage, Monday, April 21, 2025.

The second stage will start from Mezzolombardo before giving way to South Tyrol with two unprecedented and exciting finish lines in Vipiteno-Racines and San Candido, under the Three Peaks of Lavaredo, in the locality that is the birthplace of the sports idol of the moment, tennis player Jannik Sinner.

The last two days will be in the East Tyrol. After the key stage from Sillian to Obertilliach, it will once again be Lienz – as in 2022, when Frenchman Romain Bardet won – that will award the coveted Tour of the Alps trophy.

Tommaso Sala injured

Tommaso Sala, the 29-year-old Gold Flames bearer, è ran into an injury on Thursday during the slalom team’s training in Val Senales. The unfortunate athlete from Brianza, è got a ruptured cruciate ligament, without even falling. During a descent, he gave out and suffered a recoil, which threw him upward. After stopping, Tommy immediately experienced severe pain, which functional tests performed in Ortisei revealed to be the ligament tear.

Sala will be operated on in the next few hours, after consulting with the president of the Federal Medical Commission Andrea Panzeri, who will see him on Saturday in Bormio.

“The season unfortunately è ended earlier than expected – Sala wrote on his Instagram profile -. This year, more than ever before, I put my heart and soul into preparing myself as best I could, and I was ready to reap the benefits. It’s with sincere pride that I thank all the people who worked with me and believe in my project. I am sorry, see you soon. Tommy”.

The’blue, boasts 9 top 10 finishes in the World Cup, and has as his best result a sixth place in the slalom in Garmisch ’23.

Ahead of the slalom in Gurgl, Italy will then field Vinatzer, Kastlunger, Gross and Filippo Della Vite, who was summoned by dt Max Carca after his good results in the Pass Thurn slaloms.