With Monza’s parklands swathed in a ribbon of red, Ferrari need no reminder as to what is required of them at the Italian Grand Prix. Yet at this home race the pressure has been applied with an added frisson of intensity. Their president, John Elkann, warning before qualifying that failure is no longer an option. Doubtless then there was a collective sigh of relief in the scarlet garage as the Scuderia rose to the occasion with Charles Leclerc securing pole position.
During a season littered with team and driver errors, reduced to the level of farce when they managed to bring only three tyres to a pitstop at the last round, Elkann had fired off a stern warning as Ferrari entered the cauldron of Monza.
