With the overhaul of the technical regulations on the horizon for 2022 and limited car development allowed for this year, F1’s most successful and famous team was able to spend much of this season focusing on getting the basics right.
It resulted in a season that showed impressive steps forward by Ferrari in pretty much every metric. The team rose from sixth to third in the constructors’ championship, scoring 192.5 more points, and picked up two poles and five podiums.
Drivers Carlos Sainz Jr and Charles Leclerc were fifth and seventh in the drivers’ standings, securing a double-points finish for the team in 17 out of 22 races. Ferrari’s only point-less grand prix came in France, when tyre management woes reared their head in the race.
But the stats that prove Ferrari is on the road to recovery go beyond the basic points figures.
Regardless of the lack of pace that hamstrung Ferrari through 2020, race execution was one of its weakest areas. The team even went as far as…
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