Ferrari, why so bad in Austria? To minimize the power gap, the setup was unbalanced

Ferrari, record in the red in Austria Max Verstappen’s accident in qualifying for the Austrian Grand Prix had given Ferrari a second and third place on the starting grid which probably did not faithfully reflect its real strength on the Styrian track.
The race was merciless with the two Reds, with Charles Leclerc falling back from second to eighth place and Lewis Hamilton starting third and only crossing the finish line fifth. Federico Albano’s explanation An interesting explanation on what happened to Ferrari, explainable by the well-known power deficit of the SF-26 power unit, but not only, was given by our Federico Albano in his analysis on the social network inadequate set-up, very much towards the front which maximized the performance of the soft tire and the performance in qualifying, but which in the race ended up exposing the rear axle to overheating in my opinion: in an attempt to maximize cornering performance to minimize the power gap we tried to move the balance forward, but in the end the rear axle was cooking and combined with the lack of horsepower in an inevitably devastating mix Hamilton, with also a super overtaking on lap 1 on Leclerc, who was clearly in more difficulty than him today.”
You will find the complete analysis of Federico Albano’s Austrian Grand Prix – as usual – on Monday 29 June on the pages of .

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2026-06-29 03:11:00