What is missing from this Ferrari compared to the latest red cars in the world?

Ferrari, a long walk in the desert It would be easy to answer “a car”. We will try to do a deeper analysis of all the elements necessary to create a winning single-seater. We will ask ourselves: what is missing from this Ferrari to break that infinite global fast?
19 years since the last drivers’ title, 18 since the constructors’ title. The red had never spent such a period without titles – considering both – because 16 years passed between the constructors of 1983 and 1999. wanted to ask Pino Allievi (a prestigious name in motorsport and our magazine) and Francesco Cigarini (in Maranello for over 20 years and present on Instagram and YouTube), who experienced the Schumacher and Raikkonen/Massa era on the track respectively as a journalist and as a team member: which characteristics of those winning Ferraris – on a technical, political, emotional level – seem to be most missing in the current one? Pino Allievi: “Elkann and Vigna should give answers” “The Ferrari of the Montezemolo era was based on the transfer of the best of the world champion Benetton to Maranello, with the wise addition of Jean Todt. A group that functioned on the individual, great, capabilities of each element, united by a policy (also) of terror, because Todt forgave nothing. Todt lived in Maranello day and night, he sacrificed a piece of his life to achieve what was a miracle, but first of all he made the cultural effort to enter the Italian mentality.
I am not able to say whether Vasseur has done the same and certainly his group of technicians lacks the stability and cohesion of what existed in the times of Schumi, Raikkonen, Massa. Why this? Why hasn’t anything changed in four years? Is it a matter of men or management? It is up to John Elkann and Benedetto Vigna to give themselves – and perhaps express – some answers, given that they were the ones who made, or endorsed, certain choices.” Francesco Cigarini: “Why not contact those who made Ferrari great in the 2000s?” “The times we are comparing are not similar but the ingredients that lead to victory are basically the same.
There must be a desire to win, to put oneself at the service of Ferrari’s history and culture, without just thinking of being Ferrari because it is dressed in red, but making oneself available to fuel the myth.
Humility, great desire, sacrifice, a strong and united technical management, highly skilled men in the right places.
Then, maybe the ingredients are all there, but if you position the pieces in an ineffective way and relegate skills, or don’t give voice to ideas and desire to do, everything stops and the desire to expose yourself disappears.
I would also propose a comparison with the people who made Ferrari great in the 2000s, but from what I have noticed there is no desire to do so. Although I think there could be full availability, starting from President Luca Cordero Di Montezemolo.” We also invite you readers to tell us yours – compatibly with the 200 character limit in the comments (I personally reported the complaints, be kind…) -: what is missing most from this Ferrari compared to the one from the 2000s? Click here to add Formula Passion as your favorite source on Google Discover: you will find our content more easily!

Automobile Magazine – F1 English News , 2026-05-19 16:00:00