Regardless of the erratic, inconsistent behaviour of the SF23, Ferrari boss, Frederic Vasseur insists his workforce can nonetheless problem Mercedes.
Barcelona noticed the Scuderia’s much-anticipated replace, nevertheless by the top of the weekend the Italian workforce was uncertain whether or not it had made progress or not.
All through the weekend, Charles Leclerc, particularly, had been essential of the automotive’s erratic behaviour and inconsistency, much more so through the race when his automotive reacted in a different way on two totally different units of the identical tyre compound. This, regardless of the actual fact the workforce had modified the rear finish of his automotive after qualifying attributable to his unhappiness with its dealing with.
Vasseur was fast to defend the improve which included new sidepods, rear wing and flooring physique.
“You possibly can’t examine Miami and Barcelona by way of structure, tarmac and power on the tyres, however I’d say that the worldwide image is similar,” he advised Sky Sports activities.
“We’re there in qualifying, and we aren’t there within the race,” he insisted. “We’re nonetheless inconsistent on the identical automotive between compounds and generally between the identical compounds.
“We now have 1,000 individuals engaged on this now,” he continued, “and it is vitally obscure and to repair it as a result of it is not at all times the identical drawback. It is true that in qualifying, you might be in free air and within the race you aren’t. I believe Charles struggled quite a bit within the first stint as he was quite a bit nearer to the automotive in entrance of him.
“The principle situation for us is just not the potential on the lap on high-speed corners, the primary situation is the inconsistency. On Charles’ automotive for instance, between the primary and third stints with the identical compound, one the steadiness was misplaced, and the final one was OK, and with Carlos, he did a good first stint, and within the center, he misplaced fifteen or twenty seconds.
“As quickly as we unlock the scenario with consistency we are able to think about to battle with them (Mercedes) all around the race,” he mentioned. “With Purple Bull, it is one other story, particularly with Verstappen. He’s nonetheless a lot sooner than us in qualifying, a lot sooner within the race.
