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Ferrari to forfeit speed for downforce

With their French GP updates failing to deliver, Ferrari's next step could be to sacrifice speed in favour of downforce. The Scuderia arrived at the Paul Ricard circuit with a host of updates for their SF90 but they didn't yield the performance gains they'd hoped for. Charles Leclerc was the team's best qualifier in third and was third again on Sunday afternoon, crossing the line 19s down on race winner Lewis Hamilton. His team-mate Sebastian Vettel was 63s off the pace in fifth place. While Ferrari's straight-line speed was again one of the best, the Scuderia lost lap time due to a lack of downforce. Team boss Mattia Binotto says that is something they have to consider changing. 'I think...
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