Ferrari certainly took some heat on Saturday but certainly not in their tires or brakes…in their qualifying strategy. The team left Charles Leclerc in the late in the Q1 session while other drivers threw down quicker laps and this eliminated the young Monaco-raised driver from the rest of qualifying for his home grand prix. Ferrari had misjudged the target time needed to move through to Q2 and in doing so, left Leclerc on the back foot for the race Sunday starting in 16th. His teammate narrowly made it into Q2 and had a spate of wall-glancing runs to finish qualifying in 4th. This started a cavalcade of criticism from F1 fans and media pundits but Ferrari team boss, Mattia Binotto,...
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