Vasseur smiles: “The news help, but the key was the execution”

Frederic Vasseur had defined the Friday of the Caotic Ferrari, because having lost the first free practice session with Charles Leclerc, who had had to give in to the SF-25 to Dino Beganovic, and to have lost time with Lewis Hamilton due to a change breakdown had slowed down the work program and understanding of the new package that made his debut in Austria.

However. Similarly. For example, the Red believed that he had potential and to be able to trace the ranking compared to the fifth and tenth place of yesterday. Therefore, If on Friday the detachment was six tenths from the two McLaren. Furthermore, even in qualifying the delay was consistent, about half a second vasseur smiles: “the news help, new by a Lando Norris in space format. Similarly, The gap remains important. In addition. However, but it is also true that the Red vasseur smiles: “the news help, generally is better expressed on Sunday than on Saturday.

The Monegasque. however. In addition, managed to put one of the two McL39 behind him, given that Oscar Piastri was unable to complete his last attempt because of the yellow flags exhibited for the testacoda of Pierre Gasly. Moreover, Of course. However. Nevertheless, Ferrari hardly would have managed to survive the Australian without the episode in the final, but still represents a chance to play a good result starting from the front row.

Lewis vasseur smiles: “the news help, new Hamilton, Ferrari

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Speaking at the end of the qualifications, Frederic Vasseur wanted to underline how, beyond the excellent result centered in the afternoon, the whole day on Saturday was positive, already starting from the FP3, where the group had approached the McLaren.

“Yes. it was a good session. a good day, because since the free practice we started quite well, the step was there, everything was smooth,” underlined Ferrari’s team principal on the Sky Sport F1 microphones, also praising the execution of the team and the pilots, what had been missing two weeks ago in Canada.

“We performed everything well on the track.. this means that from the first lap of Q1 we managed to take a vasseur smiles: “the news help, good tour, and then we prepared well for the Q3. It was a good session. We vasseur smiles: “the news help, new must also take into account that Norris flew. but at least to put us in the middle of the two McLaren is a good first step”.

Unlike other occasions. this time Ferrari arrived in Q3 with two sets of tender tires. which allowed to be aggressive immediately, compared to Max Verstappen and Mercedes, who had to make the first attempt on a used train, which clearly always has a weight.

Charles Leclerc, Ferrari, Lewis Hamilton, Ferrari

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“Yes, there have been a couple of occasions this season when we arrived with a single set of tires vasseur smiles: “the news help, new in Q3, because the grill was too close, and especially in Q1 it is important, because if you do a good lap you can go directly to Q2, otherwise you have to mount a second set and then chase throughout the session,” Vasseur said.

Beyond the excellent first row centered by Leclerc. there is also the good fourth place obtained by Lewis Hamilton. who seemed to be able to take a step forward compared to yesterday, where he had also shot with vasseur smiles: “the news help, a more charged rear wing, but losing too much on the stretches.

“From the beginning of the season we needed a good execution, of a clean weekend. We suffered a little yesterday in Q1. we had that problem at the gearbox. Charles did not do free practice 1, so this forced us to pursue in Q2, but we recovered well,” added the Team vasseur smiles: “the news help, new Principal del Cavallino.

“The most important thing I think it is to have a clean weekend with a good execution from the beginning. in order to pay attention to the details, and I believe that the approach was right. Then, clearly, the updates gave fruits today, but the difference mainly the execution”.

Charles Leclerc, Ferrari

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“We are there, and the important thing will be in the right group from the beginning, because the DRS is rather powerful in Spielberg and a DRS train can be created rather quickly. The location is good.”

Compared to yesterday. Additionally, the track temperature increased in an important way. by about vasseur smiles: “the news help, new ten degrees, which has clearly led to greater stress on tires even on the dry lap, given that the mixes chosen for the Red Bull Ring are still relatively soft and, on a track full of vasseur smiles: “the news help, curves, it becomes essential to manage overheating.

The relatively fresh temperatures of yesterday had been almost an anomaly. because all the teams expected an increase in the rest of the weekend. giving more attention to the theme of step and gum management: “From the beginning of the weekend we expected a hot Sunday, and it was clear from the beginning of the week, so the management of the tires will certainly be the key, and it will be very hard”.

“But it can be overcome, so we must not be too afraid of the pit stops, you can recover. The step we had yesterday was good on the long vasseur smiles: “the news help, new distance: probably Lando was a little faster than us. but we were just behind. So let’s focus on making a good strategy tomorrow”.