By: Whenever Formula 1 races in the wet, it is always the same story. A story that, unfortunately, has continued for more than a decade. There is hope that rain and an unpredictable track surface can make up for the car’s shortcomings, allow the drivers to challenge their rivals on equal terms and bring their abilities to the fore. In the end, though, that is not quite how it works.
Over the years, we have seen these circumstances repeat themselves many times. In Brazil, it did not entirely play out that way… Starting from outside the top 10, Ferrari was certainly not among the favourites… However, far more was undoubtedly expected from Leclerc and Hamilton.
Unfortunately, difficulties in getting the tyres up to temperature halted Charles and Lewis in their progress towards the front of the field, handing Ferrari fans yet another disappointment (read here).
The last wet-weather win dates back to 2012
It has been this way for years… To find Ferrari’s last moment of joy in a wet race, however, we have to go back more than 10 years, to the 2012 Malaysian Grand Prix. During his time in red, Fernando Alonso fought for the World Championship until the final race on only two occasions: in 2010 and 2012. In both seasons, however, he managed to win a race in wet conditions: in 2012 at Sepang, Ferrari’s most recent such victory, and in 2010 in South Korea.
Schumacher still among the top three most recent wins
Michael Schumacher also features among Ferrari’s most recent wet-weather victories, holding the third-most recent with the 2006 Chinese Grand Prix.
Ferrari has now been chasing a wet-weather victory for 14 years. Neither Leclerc, Vettel, Hamilton nor Raikkonen has managed it. No special conditions are needed to win: first and foremost, the Prancing Horse must find itself again. When it does, its performances will improve too and, once it is a team truly feared in the dry, it will probably become so again in the wet as well.
Cover photo: Red Bull (On the left, Michael Schumacher, Mercedes, and on the right, Fernando Alonso, Ferrari, at the end of qualifying for the 2014 British Grand Prix)
Internal photo: Red Bull (Fernando Alonso, Ferrari, at the press conference for the 2015 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix)
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