Suggestion of Ferrari turnaround shot down after Imola recovery

Jacques Villeneuve has shot down suggest𝔍ions that Imola could represent a turnaround in Ferrari's season.

Lewis Hamilton
Lewis Hamilton

Jacques Villeneuve still has doubts about Ferrari despite an impressive showing from the team on race day at the F1 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix.

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lewis Hamilton recovered from qualifying 12th at Imola with an impressive drive to record his best result on a Sunday since joining Ferrari with fourth place, while teaꦐmmate rose from 11th to sixth.

Leclerc said Ferrari were “P-nowhere” after qualifying but the SF25 demonstrated strong race pace as both he 💟and Hamilton made short work of their respective fight back drives by charging through the field.

Seven-time world champion Hamilton was left buoyed by the result, insisting there is “more to come” from Ferraꦐri.

But Villeneuve remains sk🌳eptical about Ferrari’s chances when asked if Imola could mark the turning point for their season.

“Yesterday the qua🐼lifying was not because they messed up, the pace was simply not there, so you can’t have a turnaround with that,” the 1997 world champion told Sky Sports F1.

“The whole car and the whole team still needꦑs to get better.”

However, Villeneuve was full of praise for Hamilton’s performance as he🔜 staged a strong fightback.

“We saw today Lewis i🎐s capable, when there is an occasion he 𝔉rises, like he did today,” he added.

“That’s why you take a driver like ℱLewis or Max [Verstappen], these drivers make a difference.”

Posed the same question, fellow Sky Sports F1 pundit Jamie C🌜hadwick said: “We’ve had a few flashes where it’s looked really great. I think todཧay was a really good day.

“The team did a great job with the strategy. Obviously got fortunate with the strategy, the car came alive. Because of that, they got a great resul♛t today and they can be happy and car༒ry this momentum forward.”

Lewis Hamilton relieved about Ferrari performance

Lewis Hamilton
Lewis Hamilton

After crossing the line in P4 after his first race in Italy for Ferrari, Hamilton said over team radio “let’s keepꦇ pushing.

"If we can get that qualifying better and we can 🃏race li𓂃ke that then we'll be winning.”

Ferrari’s performance has ❀left Hamilton in high spirits heading to the next two races in Monaco and Barcelona.

"We didn't expect the result that we had today," ▨Hamilton told Sk♏y Sports.

"We came into the weekend very hopeful and there was a sm⛦all fix that came for a component that we were hoping was going to help us progress - which it did.

"Then we went into qualifying and to be out of Q3 was tough to swallow, but I came in today and everyone's heads were higꦯh and super driven.

"They did such a fantas🌞tic job with the strategy. The timing was right, calm and concise and clear - and I felt I won with the car."

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