2023 will feel like a blow to the gut for Ferrari fans. Three races into the latest Formula 1 season, and its pretty clear that this isn’t the “next year” the Tifosi has been pinning for the last 15 years. Max Verstappen and Red Bull are running away with the championship, as Ferrari is still trying to just come to grips with the SF-23. And if that wasn’t enough, the team seem to be more preoccupied with the commercial side of things rather than what actually matters; the car.
Recently, Formula 1’s official Twitter account posted a video of the Ferrari duo Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz engaged in a series of games whilst wearing upside down goggles. F1 captioned the Tweet, “Two highly entertaining team mates, two upside-down pairs of goggles and a host of challenges, what could go wrong?” As it turns out, a lot can go wrong when you get on the bad side of the passionate Tifosi!
Two highly entertaining team mates, two upside-down pairs of goggles and a host of challenges, what could go wrong? 😆
The answer? Everything 🤣@ScuderiaFerrari's @Charles_Leclerc and @Carlossainz55 meet Goggle Games! ⚽️🎾🏓#F1
— Formula 1 (@F1) April 14, 2023
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Tensions are already running high between the Scuderia and it’s fanbase. Needless to say, the last thing the team needs is to have another tiff with the Tifosi. However, their latest media duty fell foul of the fans’ patience.
Fans react as Ferrari focuses on mindless games instead of its F1 ambitions
As soon as this Tweet went viral, fans rushed to the social networking site, Twitter, to share their reactions. One fan even commented, “I’m pretty sure they wear them when they’re driving. It would explain why they’re so bloody slow.”
Let’s take a look at just a few of the fan reactions to Ferrari’s latest PR antics.
Maybe just do these games instead of racing it’s far more entertaining when you don’t know the outcome?
— Trevor Smithurst (@SmithurstTrevor) April 15, 2023
I’m pretty sure they wear them when they’re driving. It would explain why they’re so bloody slow
— @NeilTostevin (@NeilTostevin1) April 14, 2023
This is what we have become 🤡 embarassing
— Donquixote Doflaemon (@Doflaemon_M2) April 14, 2023
Another gripe that the Tifosi has with the team is the apparent fake bromance between Sainz and Leclerc. Reports suggest that there is a palpable tension between the duo. However, it would appear that the Scuderia is trying hard to mask the problems with a forced PR brainwashing attempt. And this hasn’t gone down too well with the fans.
My favorite pr friendship forever https://t.co/aqGVbcvXix
— vic✨ (@ricciarg) April 14, 2023
The pr besties 🥰
— 𝓑𝓵𝓲𝓼𝓼_𝓯𝓾𝓵¹⁶ (@bliss_n16) April 14, 2023
y’all hear those laughs? fake. pr team working overtime with these two https://t.co/wVvYqSvnsP
— pau 🫧 (@VMINSHO3) April 14, 2023
PR relationship, they hate each other in reality
— 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 (@stanreport) April 14, 2023
All in all, the fans want the team to focus on its performance rather than the media façade.
Hey guys! If I were you i focus on racing and stop doing stupid things
— mów.mi.wuju (@mow_mii_wuju) April 14, 2023
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Watch this later: Helmut Marko blasts Lewis Hamilton for a role in Michael Masi’s sacking
Why you guys gaming when we are loosing a season.
Both of you are fired. pic.twitter.com/ZcuZxTUNvW— Bruce Romero (@bromero831) April 14, 2023
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Given all that happened last year, and what Ferrari has been able to achieve this year, has the team really lost its way?