Vasseur: “Difficult and disappointing qualifying for Ferrari, but we can get to the podium”

Starting from sixth and seventh place will confuse the initial plans of the team a little Ferraribut a podium in the Chinese GP is still within reach: the riders are convinced of it and the team principal is convinced of it. Frédéric Vasseur.

Chinese GP, qualifying: information and times

Disappointing reputation

Speaking to Sky, Vasseur analyzed the Racehorse’s qualifying run in Shanghai as follows: “It was a messy qualifying match, we honestly expected better results. We did our best, but there was a difference for everyone from one session to the next. We struggled a lot in qualifying, but at least we had good speed in the race, hopefully we can recover tomorrow. Industry first? We lost a lot between turns 1 and 3, more than a gap from the front row. And it’s a shame because the rest of the trip was great. We have to understand why today went like this in qualifying, in the race it didn’t go like that, we were in good shape that part of the lap. We have to see if it is a matter of preparation or launch lap, we have to understand. 70% of Verstappen’s delay is there.”

Everything is fine between Sainz and Leclerc

The podium, however, is still within reach: “The race will be long, everyone had a fair amount of damage in the sprint while we were in good shape at the end of the stint. In the sprint it was difficult to pass because the small train of cars was created by DRS, but tomorrow in the long race it will be different because there will be a different strategy, between pit stops made before or after having a free track. Overall, I repeat, it was not the result we expected but we can recover in the competition. Have you set up too many races? We will see this tomorrow, we improve every Sunday while last year I remember that after a good day on Saturday we had a difficult Sunday. We made some improvements in the race, which is when the points are scored. Tomorrow the destruction will surely be significant, it will be an opportunity to return to the podium. Pilots? I will tell them to finish the race… We have already explained about the morning sessionI think Carlos was angry after the fight with Alonso, but everything is under control.”

The starting grid

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