""Brazil was a huge disappointment," Elkann said. "If we look at the Formula 1 championship, we can say that on one hand, we have our mechanics, who actually are winning the championship with their performance and everything they've done on the pit stops. "If we look at our engineers, there's no doubt that the car has improved. If we look at the rest, it's not up to par. We certainly have drivers, for whom it's important that they focus on driving and talk less, because we still have important races ahead of us and it's not impossible to get second place [in the constructors' championship].""
"He later added: "When Ferrari is a team, we win ... To win both as a constructor and as drivers [in WEC] is a beautiful demonstration that when Ferrari is united, when everyone is together, you can achieve great things.""
"A Ferrari spokesperson told ESPN the comments were meant to be "constructive" and the chairman's way of spurring everyone on."
John Elkann publicly criticized Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc after their double DNF at the São Paulo Grand Prix, singling out mechanics and engineers for praise while saying "the rest" was not up to par and urging drivers to focus on driving and speak less. The criticism came on the same day Ferrari won the World Endurance Championship, ending a 53-year wait for a sports car title. A Ferrari spokesperson described the remarks as constructive and intended to spur the team. Observers read the public rebuke as insecurity or arrogance amid Ferrari's ongoing F1 title drought since 2007–2008.
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