At the risk of sounding like a broken record, Ferrari is in desperate need of sparking its 2019 Formula 1 season into life. Despite introducing a raft of new updates aimed at reducing the deficit to Mercedes, Ferrari remained off the pace of its rival throughout the French Grand Prix weekend. Back-to-back tests of the upgrades on Friday proved inconclusive, leading Ferrari to revert back to its old floor, keeping only the new front and rear wings and brake ducts. Charles Leclerc turned in a lap 0.6s shy of Lewis Hamilton’s pole effort in qualifying and managed to finish right on the gearbox of the second-placed Mercedes of Valtteri Bottas, acting as some encouragement for Ferrari on what...
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