MILAN (AP) \u2014 Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc need to \u201cfocus on driving and talk less,\u201d Ferrari executive chairman John Elkann warned Monday after both of the team\u2019s drivers failed to finish the Brazilian Grand Prix.<\/p>\n
The results dropped Ferrari down to fourth in the constructors\u2019 standings and left both Hamilton and Leclerc winless this season.<\/p>\n
Hamilton, who has been critical of his team all season, called the weekend \u201ca nightmare.\u201d<\/p>\n
Leclerc said he was \u201cnot happy\u201d and called his car \u201cvery slow\u201d after struggling in sprint qualifying.<\/p>\n
Hamilton had to retire midrace due to damage to his car, while Leclerc also went out with damage after getting caught up in a collision between Oscar Piastri and Kimi Antonelli.<\/p>\n
Elkann addressed Ferrari\u2019s troubles on the sidelines of a sponsorship announcement between Stellantis and the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics.<\/p>\n
\u201cBrazil was a big disappointment but if we look at the season we can say that our mechanics are actually winning the championship with the performances that they\u2019ve made in terms of pole positions and pit stops,\u201d Elkann said. \u201cThere\u2019s no doubt that the car has improved.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf we look at everything else, it\u2019s not up to standards,\u201d Elkann added. \u201cIt\u2019s important that our drivers focus on driving and talk less.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ferrari will go winless this season if neither Hamilton nor Leclerc see the checkered flag at the last three races in Las Vegas, Qatar and Abu Dhabi.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have some big races remaining and it\u2019s not impossible to finish second,\u201d Elkann said, referring to the constructor\u2019s standings, where it\u2019s a tight race between Mercedes (398 points), Red Bull (366) and Ferrari (362).<\/p>\n
McLaren is far ahead in first with 756 points.<\/p>\n
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AP auto racing: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/auto-racing<\/p>\n
The Associated Press<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MILAN (AP) \u2014 Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc need to \u201cfocus on driving and talk less,\u201d Ferrari executive…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":274462,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[441],"tags":[49,48,578,576,577,82],"class_list":["post-274461","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-formula-1","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-f1","tag-formula-1","tag-formula1","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274461","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=274461"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274461\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/274462"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=274461"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=274461"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=274461"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}