Anyone who loves watches knows that a beautiful mechanical chronograph has a charm that no “quartz” can ever have; even today, in times of smartwatches, no one denies that digital does many things and better, but if you look at the dial of a precious Patek Philippe or a Franck Muller (a matter of taste, of course, each has its ideal wristwatch) the fact that it marks the time and only that is not what justifies the choice.

We are talking about aesthetic culture and what we are used to considering “beautiful” even regardless of function and the car is one of the most sensational cases in which technology has not succeeded in undermining traditional taste but, at most, has declined it in more or less evolved ways.

to appreciate the environment, the furnishings and establish visual contact between you and the “car”. From this point of view the “furniture” are the controls and what technically continues to be called instrumentation even if, as in the case of watches, functions and looks have evolved in a radical way.

The dashboard can be said to be as old as the car, at least since the simple wooden bulkhead that delimited the passenger compartment in front of the driver became the support for everything that could be used to check or operate the mechanics; and the more the mechanics were complex, the more numerous and complex were the instruments that were placed on the dashboard.

The Belgian Formula 1 Grand Prix also proved bitter for Ferrari . The nightmare World Championship of the Reds continues, which also did not leave their mark on the Spa track with Vettel 13th and Leclerc 14th. The latter, frustrated by the performance of his car and during a pit stop, let himself go to a real vent, with some insult in French after forgetting to turn off the microphones. An episode that underlines the nervousness of a driver who achieved an exceptional victory on this track last season. An apology arrived on Twitter in the evening.

Leclerc, outburst against the Ferrari box in the radio team at the Belgian Formula 1 Grand Prix

A day to forget for Charles Leclerc at Spa. The Monegasque driver had a good start in the Belgian Grand Prix, but due to technical problems he slipped back without being able to return at least to the top ten positions, closing behind even his teammate Vettel . Bad day for Ferrari, which once again highlighted the difficulties of keeping up with the teams fighting for the World Championship. As if that were not enough then Leclerc also ended up at the center of an investigation by the commissioners for the too low speed in the laps before the start. Nervousness to the stars for the young talent who became the protagonist of an outburst during a pit stop.

What Charles Leclerc said in the radio team and what “putain de sa race” means

Called back by his mechanics in the garage, Charles Leclerc didn’t realize he had the microphone open and let himself go to a few words too many. There was no shortage of insults in French for the driver, such as ” putain de sa race ” or literally “son of a bitch you and your race”. Heavy words were those of Leclerc in the radio team, a real outburst against his “corner” and the son of a frustrating situation, namely that of not being able to compete for the World Championship by virtue of a car clearly inferior to the others. A situation that created not a little embarrassment at Ferrari, and on which the driver returned after the race with these words to the microphones of Sky: “I did not hide my frustration with the garage for two too slow pit stops and for how we struggle to overtake. “