Ferrari suffered a tough time of it in Baku last weekend as Charles Leclerc and teammate Carlos Sainz Jr were both forced to retire from the race due to reliability problems with their engine.
This is the third race in a row Ferrari have cost Leclerc a chance of victory following their strategy blunder in Leclerc's home race in Monaco and more reliability troubles in Spain.
It is also the fourth Formula 1 race on the spin Leclerc has claimed pole position but failed to convert it into a race win, making him the first driver to claim this brutal stat since Juan Pablo Montoya in 2002.
Ferrari team principal Mattia Binotto will be coming under intense pressure from his two drivers and Ferrari's loyal fan base, the 'tifosi' to fix their reliability troubles.
Formula 1 legend and now Sky Sports F1 commentator Martin Brundle believes Ferrari are "heavily" costing Leclerc's championship bid: "Reliability is costing him heavily now, a chance at becoming world champion".
As a result of Leclerc's engine troubles, he has not only lost the championship lead to Red Bull's Max Verstappen, he has now lost second place in the championship to Verstappen's Red Bull teammate Sergio Perez.
Multiple Formula 1 world Championship winner Mika Hakkinen has said that, "Every mistake will be punished by Red Bull".
Leclerc and teammate Sainz were not the only two Ferrari cars to suffer with reliability during last Sunday's race in Baku with Ferrari powered Alfa Romeo being forced to retire Chinese driver Zhou Guanyu and fellow Ferrari powered team Haas, also pulling Kevin Magnussen's car off the track.
Ferrari clearly have a big problem and Binotto will have to sort it out fast with more races quickly approaching as we near the midpoint of the 2022 season.
