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Brawn identifies tyre wear as Ferrari's 'Achilles' Heel'

Formula 1 managing director Ross Brawn says Sunday's British Grand Prix confirmed that tyre wear is Ferrari's "Achilles' heel", a weakness Maranello's engineers urgently need to solve. The Scuderia's pace in qualifying put the Italian outfit in contention for a spot on the front row at Silverstone, but race day highlighted once again Ferrari's main deficiency. "When it comes to performance on a flying lap in qualifying, Charles Leclerc was amazing, given that he only lost out on pole in the final sector of a track that didn’t suit the characteristics of the SF90, especially in the cold conditions," Brawn commented in his British Grand Prix debrief. "However, in...
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