As Sebastian Vettel and Charles Leclerc leave the pit lane of the Yas Marina circuit on Friday for the first practice session at the final grand prix of the season, it will be 90 years to the day since Enzo Ferrari registered the name of his new racing team with the local authorities in Modena, his home town. By putting his name to that document Ferrari set in motion an era of glory and glamour and tragedy and disappointment, creating an unfolding narrative characterised by an instinct for high drama.
The members of Scuderia Ferrari arrive in Abu Dhabi at the end of a year spent celebrating that anniversary. The idea was to end the season in triumph with the team’s first world championship for more than a decade. When Leclerc won the classic mid-season races at Spa and Monza, the Ferrari flags were flying again. But one mistake after another cost the team the chance to challenge their rivals, culminating in the absurd incident at Interlagos when Vettel’s brainless misjudgment caused a collision with Leclerc that put both cars out of the race with half a dozen laps to go.
Written by Richard Williams
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2019/nov/25/ferrari-historic-penchant-crisis-90-years-anniversary-maranello under the title “Ferrari’s historic penchant for a good crisis remains – 90 years down the track | Richard Williams”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
