Ferrari group principal Fred Vasseur believes there might be “an actual combat” for the constructors’ championship till the tip of the season given the fluctuations in type amongst groups.
McLaren took the championship lead after Oscar Piastri’s victory within the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, with Lando Norris’s fourth serving to the group to leapfrog Purple Bull on the prime of the standings. Ferrari had taken pole via Charles Leclerc however completed second, and the collision between Carlos Sainz and Sergio Perez leaves it 51 factors adrift McLaren and 31 behind Purple Bull. Vasseur expects extra twists and turns within the battle.
“The following race might be completely different as a result of it’s the identical sort of nook however with way more downforce, so it’s one other state of affairs,” Vasseur stated. “Nevertheless it’s true that the delta between vehicles, maybe Baku apart however in the event you take a look at Monza, in Spa, in Budapest, you very often have six or seven vehicles inside one tenth or a tenth and a half.
“The classification might be linked to the upgrades we’re bringing or to the traits of the observe, and I feel it’s extra the traits of the observe than one thing else. Will probably be up and down till the tip of the season.
“However what’s necessary, most likely the place we failed [in Baku], is to win if you end up in fine condition but additionally to attain good factors if you end up not, as a result of we can have ups and downs till the tip of the season and it’s at all times necessary to attain good factors when we aren’t in fine condition.
“We failed in Canada, the UK and Austria this yr and it’s most likely costing us rather a lot. However we’re again on the tempo, we’re again to combating for pole place every weekend, to combat for the win, and we nonetheless have 300 factors on the desk till the tip of the season, one thing like this. Which means every thing is feasible and will probably be an actual combat. [Baku] didn’t flip in our route, however we can have higher weekends.”
Ferrari’s current run of type that has delivered a win at Monza and a second in Azerbaijan comes after it launched an improve in Italy, and Vasseur stated a mix of recent components and tweaking set-ups with older specs might be central to the combat.
“I feel it’s true for us, however it’s true for everyone, that every single improve that we wish to carry to the automotive, we’re already on the sting of the efficiency, the bouncing and so forth,” he stated. “So we have now to concentrate. However we are able to’t keep like we’re both, as a result of everyone is pushing and creating, even when it’s troublesome. If we take a look at the grid of Monza, we had 5 vehicles in a single tenth, and which means each single bit will make an enormous distinction.”
