'Crucial race' awaits Ferrari in Zandvoort deciding their 2024 fate

Since their victory at the Monaco Grand Prix, Ferrari have struggled to compete for race wins in Formula One, while every rival of the Scuderia have won at least one Grand Prix in that time period. According to Sky Sports' lead commentator David Croft, very important weekends await the team of Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz.

Both Ferrari drivers, Carlos Sainz and Charles Leclerc have already won a Grand Prix in the 2024 season. The Spaniard did so in Australia, while Leclerc won his home Grand Prix in Monaco starting from pole position. Since then, Ferrari have only scored two podiums, and they both happened after two major events: Sainz finished third in Spielberg after Lando Norris and Max Verstappen collided, and Leclerc finished third at Spa after George Russell was disqualified.

"Now there's an upgrade package in Zandvoort, there's a new floor as part of that upgrade package. They have got to get rid of the bouncing, and if they don't, then the season is gone," Croft declared in Sky Sports F1 Podcast. "They can't run the car on the set up that they need to extract the maximum pace. Then Charles and Carlos are going to have a very sore head going home after the Italian GP."

Following the last weekend at Spa-Francorchamps, Ferrari's team principal explained that now, a better set of tracks on the schedule await his team. "So I think Zandvoort is a critical weekend for Ferrari: So if those upgrades work, brilliant, they are back in the ballpark, and we'll see what happens from there on in," Croft added.

Ferrari are currently third in the constructors' championship, 63 points behind Red Bull and 21 points behind McLaren.

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