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 words of Ronaldinho

Brazilian Ronaldinho è spoke at ‘Champions Lounge’ – in-depth football lounge aired every Thursday on the dedicated Twitch channel with Fabio Cordella, Sabrina Uccello and Marco Giordano – reviewing highlights of his career and reflecting on the present of soccer: “For us Brazilians Pelé è the greatest of all, but in my house Maradona è has always been Diego, different from all the others. What can è be said about him? Spectacular, the best I have seen play. He and I have been together many times, not only as a footballer but also as a man è he was always a bigger brother. È it was wonderful to be with him”.

” I was a happy player. I did the thing I liked most and thank God I succeeded, playing è the thing I loved most in the world. My goal at Chelsea? I didn’t think of it! È it came from sé. I thought of the easiest and quickest thing to do, and it came. Today there are so many footballers who make me smile, give me joy. Messi, Neymar… so many players are good. Soccer è always beautiful, no matter the game or where you are. Always makes you excited, dreaming. Soccer è beautiful, no matter where you are”.

Ronaldinho also talked about his possible but never happened return To Italy: “I only thought about playing, my brother took care of the rest. I played wherever I dreamed of playing”. Roberto, the brother: “È true, in the past we talked a lot with Inter, when I was in Mexico still playing. The ’deal at that time was difficult forò. Inter however è a great team, so è always a pleasure when there’è a proposal from such a club. Juventus? I saw it in Sion playing, we went to watch a game together with Dinho. I loved Del Piero, one of the strongest I have seen play, along with Roberto Baggio. I also watched Platini… they were all at Juventus, which has a beautiful history”.

Closing with the ideal formation: “In my 4-3-1-2 in goal there’è Dida. The right fullback would be Cafu, the left Roberto Carlos. The two center-backs are Paolo Maldini and Rafa Marquez. As play Thiago Motta, while the two midfield midfielders would be Deco and Andrea Pirlo. The 10 would not be me, it would be Leo Messi. The two in front instead would be Ronaldo and Romario”.

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.