Ferrari claims it faced a 'disadvantage' compared to its WEC Hypercar rivals last weekend in Monza. The Italian marque's terse post-race statement was its only communication after being defeated by Toyota on home turf:
Ferrari has claimed it raced at “a disadvantage compared to its rivals” on the way to second position on home ground in Sunday’s Monza round of the World Endurance Championship.The phrase used in a cursory statement issued after Le Mans 24 Hours-winning WEC Hypercar squad was beaten by Toyota can be regarded as a clear reference to the revised Balance of Performance that came into effect in the Monza 6 Hours.
The term BoP wasn’t mentioned: manufacturers, teams and drivers are expressly forbidden from talking about it in the WEC sporting regulations.The 148-word statement was Ferrari’s only post-race communication after Antonio Fuoco, Nicklas Nielsen and Miguel Molina were classified second in the #50 499P and Le Mans winners Antonio Giovinazzi, Alessandro Pier Guidi and James Calado fifth in the sister #51 car.
Fuoco qualified only a couple of hundredths away from Kamui Kobayashi’s pole-winning Toyota GR010 HYBRID at Monza and was only six hundredths behind the Japanese driver on at the top of the fastest race lap order from Monza. “We have killed the opposition on the second stint - in tyre management,” he said. “That is really where we create a big, big gap.”
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