Ferrari secures its first podium of the season
Ferrari’s crew principal, Frederic Vasseur, can lastly crack a faint smile even on a Sunday night. After the stress attributable to disappointing qualifying performances and the enjoyment from the Chinese language Dash instantly lower brief by the double disqualification in Shanghai, the Scuderia was again to racing quick. And it confirmed in Jeddah, albeit with solely one of many two SF-25s, the one within the palms of a unprecedented Charles Leclerc, who managed the tyres effectively and completely executed the technique devised for him by the pit wall.
Ferrari, Frederic Vasseur speaks
“It’s clear,” mentioned Ferrari crew principal Frederic Vasseur to Sky after the race, “that this weekend if we’re not one or two steps forward, it’s due to qualifying, as a result of the race tempo was superb. Charles was a bit conservative at the beginning, being within the soiled air, as a result of he knew we wished to increase the primary stint, and he did very effectively by way of administration. Then, the tempo from lap ten to the top I believe was even higher than Verstappen’s and Piastri’s, however that’s the way it went, and we’ll must attempt to be extra constant all through the weekend and in all classes, particularly qualifying, so we will do a greater job and begin in a greater place.”
The Maranello pit wall boss denied that the crew is being carried solely by Charles’ ardour:
“Leclerc retains the Ferrari dream alive? No, it’s not about saving the dream or something like that. We have to work collectively as a crew to push, to maintain growing, to maintain bettering. Clearly, we now have weaknesses and I’m pondering primarily about qualifying as a result of the race tempo is all the time a bit higher, but it surely’s all the time a crew effort. It’s not only one particular person saving the others, neither is it the crew pushing Charles. We’re all in the identical boat.”
The issue is (not) within the sluggish corners
The Ferrari boss additionally spoke concerning the difficulties in flip 1 seen in qualifying after which gone within the race:
“We don’t have points in sluggish corners, as a result of the tempo was constant all through the lap and in each sort of nook. If yesterday we struggled enormously within the first chicane, right this moment we had been most likely the quickest on observe in turns 1-2. This can be a good lesson and we’ll have to debate with Charles what we did in another way in comparison with yesterday. In these conditions, tyre preparation is essential, however we’re nonetheless missing some efficiency on the flying lap. Every thing counts in the long run, it’s not only one element. There’s no magic wand that provides you these three tenths.”
“Efficiency,” he continued, “by no means comes from only one pillar, however a bit from all the pieces. It was our perspective final yr and it paid off as a result of we had been very far behind firstly after which we caught up. We have to preserve the identical strategy and I’m positive this podium will assist us in that sense. We have now a factors deficit in comparison with McLaren, it’s important. And clearly, we wished to be in a greater state of affairs, however we glance forward. Let’s deal with the following races, on persevering with to work and push as a gaggle, and the outcome will come. Do I nonetheless take into consideration the championship? No, I’m interested by Miami and I don’t assume it’s a mistake to take action, as a result of we all know the automotive nonetheless has some weaknesses.”
Ferrari, is Fred Vasseur criticising Hamilton?
There was additionally a comment about Lewis Hamilton, who completed seventh and over 30 seconds behind Charles Leclerc:
“It was robust right this moment, he struggled even when in the long run he had an honest second stint. However then, when he was in soiled air, it acquired extra difficult. Total he’s been having too many ups and downs to date. We’re having ups and downs, however he’s additionally having some ups and downs. We have to be extra constant as a crew, we have to do a greater job even in FP3 to arrange for qualifying. I believe that’s the primary difficulty, we have to be on it in each session and never only for 25 laps within the race or two in qualifying.”
“Miami? It is going to be fairly tough as a result of there’s additionally the Dash. We’ll solely have one hour of follow, so I’m undecided it is smart to convey updates. We’ll most likely convey one thing new for Imola, as a result of Miami can be difficult,” concluded Ferrari crew principal Frederic Vasseur.
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