It’s armour is not better to Ariete but against stock rounds they fare much better. Also 5s reload still beats almost everyone, it’s also really manoeuvrable. I would argue Ariete has no advantage, except mobility which is matched by a couple of other vehicle.
Actually since most of it’s capabilities are not useful in WT, if they became useful it would be the best MBT, for instance semi-auto tracking of the turret and computed identification of the target, capacity to shoot at 50km/h and auto reload which allow it to reload while moving unlike abrams and other manual reloads, the loader’s stamina isn’t taken in account in game neither, the armor is not modelised at all in the hull too. And it is supposed to be a “quiet” tank while in game it is amongst the loudest. If you combine all that with the fact the shell it is using is obsolete and the “upgraded” OFL 120 F2 version performs less than the F1 you get a general picture of the love of gaijin for France…