Guenther Steiner urges Ferrari F1 bosses to stop ‘announcing’ that they’re ‘back’

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Guenther Steiner has told Ferrari Formula 1 bosses that they need to stop ‘announcing’ they are ‘back’.

After what was a torrid 2025 season, the Scuderia have made a promising start to the 2026 F1 campaign.

So far, Charles Leclerc has secured two podium finishes, while Lewis Hamilton came home third at the Chinese Grand Prix.

As things stand, Ferrari are 70 points adrift of the dominant Mercedes as F1 heads to Canada later this month.

The Miami Grand Prix was a disappointment for Ferrari as Leclerc’s 20-second penalty meant he finished eighth, with Hamilton in sixth place.

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Guenther Steiner says Ferrari bosses need to stop ‘announcing’ that they’re ‘back’

Speaking on The Red Flags podcast, ex-Haas team boss Steiner urged Ferrari to stop telling the world they are back until they actually get there.

Steiner spoke about Ferrari missing that ‘last little bit’ to get over the hurdle.

He explained: “They are almost there, but not there. They are there but not really there. They are getting better. There’s always something.

“I mean, it’s always that last little bit is missing, and I would wish nothing better for them to get once over the hurdle and stay there.

“Because maybe when you get that feeling, you carry everything. But, it’s always yeah, we are there, and then they announced already by John Elkan that now Ferrari are back.

“Yeah, guess what? A race later, they are back where they were before. Just give yourself time to announce things, you know? Get there and be there, not just get there.”

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Guenther Steiner says ‘little things’ are setting Ferrari back

Although Steiner stated that Ferrari are nearly there, they still need to sort a few things out before they can start dominating.

He touched on the fact that Ferrari usually struggle more than other teams when tyres start getting too old, and there is also the power unit deficit.

Steiner said: “There is not one thing, it’s a lot of little things. There’s not one big thing because if there were, I think it would be easier to fix.

“There are a lot of little things. I think it seems like they struggle more when the tyre gets older. That’s normally down to downforce, because you slide more and you use them up more.

“The power unit, I think the power unit is pretty good, but it seems always at the beginning of the race they can fight, and the further you go into the race, the worse it gets for them.

“I mean, the power unit shouldn’t get worse over distance, so it’s one of these things. I don’t really know, but they are really close again. It’s not that they are far off. Just not the half per cent is there.”