Ferrari has set development path amid F1 race pace weakness

Ferrari arrived at the start of the season in Bahrain, with Charles Leclerc retiring from third place and Sainz struggling to keep up with Aston Martin’s Fernando Alonso, “cooking” his tyres as he lost out on a podium.

Ahead of the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, team boss Fred Vasseur maintained that Ferrari’s main issue in Bahrain was a lack of pace rather than a return of its poor tyre management.

In Jeddah, on a much smoother and less demanding circuit, Ferrari’s…