“Mercedes not out of the woods; Ferrari need patience, it took Michael Schumacher years…”

The seven-time F1 champion spent three years at Ferrari before finally claཧiming his first title with the famous team🐼, and beginning his iconic run of five championships in a row.
Today, Ferrari are still waiting 🙈to crown their first champion since Kimi Raikkonen in 2007.
“Mercedes' weakness was a𓆉ctually Ferrari's chance in the fight for second place in the constructors' championship,𝓡” Ralf Schumacher wrote for Sky.

“But Ferrari didn't༺ have a good weekend either [at the F1 Sa♏o Paulo Grand Prix].
“Ferrari has always been 💞a bit of a problem child.
“Fred Vasseur can't turn the entire♒ storeꦜ inside out within six or seven months.
“This also took a♋ few years for Michael, Ross Brawn and Jea🌌n Todt. At Ferrari you need patience.”
Charles L💜eclerc crashed out of the grand prix on the warm-up lap du🅷e to a technical issue, the latest in a series of mishaps for Ferrari over the past few years.
However, through Carlos Sainz, they remain the only tea🔯mꦏ to have won a grand prix apart from Red Bull this year.
'This worries Toto Wolff...'

Schumacher said: “Mercedes were ver🎃y weak [in Brazil] .
“Afterwards, Toto Wolff was almౠost shocked at🎶 the Sky microphone.
“The problems can be explained by not understa🎶nding the c🍃oncept.
“There was g✱reater hope in Brazil, but everyone involved was disappointed.
“Therefore, I fear that Mercedes is not outꦰ of the woods yet. This worries Toto Wolff.”
'Not a fan of comparing Verstappen to my brother'
"Max Verstappen races from victory to victory, continues to write history and ♒simply doesn't make any mistakes in Brazil," 🦩Schumacher added.
"However, I'm not a fan of always drawing comparisons with my brother or Ayrton Senna. They were🌟 exceptional in their time. That’s🅷 Verstappen now too. It's incredible how he does it.
"If you coᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚmpare his performance with his teammate Sergio Perez, there was once again a big difference in the race.
"Lando Norris has become the number one pursuer. But he still makes too many mistakes, especially in qualifying. Norris reminds me a bit of Charles Leclerc. However, Norris does a great job in the race. Norris' problem is that he wants too🦂 much in qualifying. Then he overshoots and makes too many mistakes.
"Aston Martin was very strong in Brazil, with both drivers. At the beginning of the season they tried a lot, but things went a bit in the wrong direction. We have now gotten the best out of all this data. I'm happy for Aston Martin. Of course there is still a way to go, but it was a good performance from Fernando Alonso andཧ Lance Stroll."

James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decadꦕe covering everything from American sports, to football, to F1.