Ferrari leaves Canada as soon as once more with a bitter style. The fifth and sixth locations achieved by Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton replicate yet one more weekend during which the sensation is that the outcome that would have been achieved was missed. And it occurred on the identical day one other a part of Ferrari’s sporting world claimed a 3rd consecutive victory at the 24 Hours of Le Mans.
On the finish of the Montreal race, Frédéric Vasseur spoke to Sky Sport F1 to touch upon the Canadian weekend. The French supervisor pointed to the various errors dedicated over the weekend. No names have been talked about, however the reference was clear and directed at Leclerc, who had a crash on Friday and a qualifying mistake on Saturday that partly compromised at present’s race.
Would issues have modified if Charles Leclerc had performed just one pit cease as a substitute of two?
“I actually don’t assume so. If we have a look at the highest 5, all of them did two stops. Possibly a one-stop technique might have labored, however we didn’t know the doable lifespan of the Medium tyres. However that wasn’t crucial level of the weekend. We made too many errors and had too many issues. We did Free Observe 1 with just one automotive, then the error in qualifying. Then the problem within the race with Lewis — it’s an excessive amount of for a single weekend.”
So, principally, it’s right down to too many errors…
“Yesterday in qualifying we set the quickest first sector (by Charles Leclerc earlier than the Q3 mistake, editor’s observe), after which we aborted the lap. Our tempo isn’t far off. The issue comes after we fail to place every little thing collectively. As a result of then we lose race tempo if we’re caught in site visitors. We don’t want to vary every little thing. If we might redo the weekend with out lacking Free Observe 2 and with out testing such lengthy stints, possibly we might have had fewer issues within the race.”
Yesterday Lewis mentioned in an interview that Ferrari isn’t bringing any updates. When will they arrive?
“Quickly. We’ll have some updates quickly. However I don’t assume that’s the primary problem. When you’re setting a quickest first sector right here, I don’t assume you have to convey a lot of updates. It’s not just like the others are bringing upgrades each weekend, and it’s not like we’re bringing nothing — we simply don’t all the time announce them. We have to concentrate on ourselves, as a result of we didn’t do a clear job this weekend.”
I don’t know if it’s honest to say you’re underneath assault. I believe it’s proper to revive calm and stability to the group, as a result of we noticed errors from Charles that don’t normally occur.
“I don’t wish to return to what I mentioned in latest days. I don’t assume the environment across the group helps us. We’re not underneath stress, however there may be rigidity. Whenever you’re in such a good battle, all this doesn’t assist the group or the drivers. They’re making too many errors, and so are we. We want calm and composure, however not every little thing is in my arms.”
Do you’re feeling the belief of the possession?
“Sure, sure, that’s not an issue. That problem doesn’t exist. The essential factor is that everybody is pushing in the identical course, however greater than something, we’d like serenity. I don’t wish to should combat with everybody inside and outdoors. We wish to combat as a group. We all know we gained’t do an ideal job each weekend. We’ve seen Mercedes battle enormously in latest weekends, however they didn’t begin a revolution. They’d three powerful weekends, however they stored working, creating, and at present they succeeded. We have to do the identical. We’re second within the championship — it’s not the top of the world. We have to preserve doing our job.”
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