The Ferrari drivers explain the difficulties in the Shootout. The Spaniard: “It wasn’t easy to get the tires up to temperature.” Charles: “I pushed to warm them up and lost the car, but we learned things to use already in the Sprint and in qualifying.” Vasseur: “The dry weather gives us hope”
There Ferrari look at the glass half full. This is the first Shootout of the season China It wasn’t memorable, certainly difficult due to the grip problems that caused difficulties Carlos Sainz junior And Charles Leclerc, in fifth and seventh place. If nothing else it wasn’t qualifying for Sunday’s GP, that will be tomorrow after the Sprint. Sainz was the best of the Cavallino with the fifth fastest time: “Mixed session – said the Spaniard – we did our best in Q1 and Q2 but then the rain came and in Q3 we weren’t able to get the tires up to temperature. I was struggling a lot with the rear and I couldn’t recover grip, we finished fifth, demonstrating that if you can’t make the tires work, you really have no chance, so if it rains tomorrow we’ll have to find something to warm them up better in the dry we will be fighting.”
leclerc speaks
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Charles Leclerc lost his car in the first launch attempt and explained the accident in which he was the protagonist: “Honestly, it was complicated from the first lap to get the tires up to temperature – said the Monegasque – I tried to be aggressive, I lost the car and this complicated qualifying for us. I had to work miracles and I couldn’t do better than that, I gave it my all, but if I’m honest I’m happy that we made some progress in the dry, especially in the dry. preparing the tires in view of the main qualifying. In the meantime, let’s see how the Sprint goes. Then in the qualifying I hope to be able to take advantage of what I learned today. I was already hoping to be able to do something better, but the rain that arrived in Q3 didn’t allow me to do so Tomorrow we will give our best in the Sprint and then in the qualifying.”
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vasseur speaks
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Closing with Fred Vasseur, who remains moderately optimistic in view of the rest of the weekend: “Today the conditions were treacherous, there was very little grip – said the Frenchman – we struggled to warm up the tyres. But it’s the same for everyone. It was the first time in the season for the car and the tires in extreme conditions. Certainly the asphalt, covered with bitumen, did not help the drivers. However, the weekend will be without rain, it is expected to be dry It was good, because we were the only ones to keep one set of medium and one set of hard tires for tomorrow.”
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