System 1 | Vasseur: Ferrari has made ‘huge’ progress in fast corners

Frédéric Vasseur is pleased to see progress at Ferrari at the start of the 2024 season The Scuderia Director is particularly pleased with the improvement in this year’s F1 performance in the corners of speed, and the progress noted in terms of tyres. destruction.

“I think we’ve made a big step forward in cornering speed compared to last year, and Suzuka is a good example of that.” said Vasseur. “When it comes to tire management, we have our weaknesses, of course it’s a compromise. You gain in some places and you lose in others.”

“But overall, compared to Red Bull, the last four weekends of last year and the first four Grands Prix of this season, it’s a good step forward. “I’m sure they have a little bit of a lead, but a goal. for us it is to put them under pressure, because under pressure you make more mistakes.”

Vasseur hopes that the Sprint format will still favor Ferrari at the Chinese Grand Prix, but he also knows that tire selection and settings will be important to be on the pace quickly: “What is a little difficult in the Chinese design is the tire allocation.”

“For the session you have to choose which circuit you will test on Friday. This means that looking forward to the weekend is important. Last year the Sprint race went well in general. It went around, but we still don’t know if this is related to the format or the layout of the track.”

“So far we have started the weekend well and we have the ability to be ready from the first session. It is very close this weekend, we had four teams in tenth place. Let’s not say to ourselves that what we did one weekend will be true the following weekend, we start from scratch the following week.”