Frederic Vasseur, Ferrari’s group principal, is set to be have one in every of their vehicles on the highest step of the rostrum on the Las Vegas Grand Prix. Carlos Sainz will begin from the entrance row of the grid alongside polesitter George Russell, whereas Charles Leclerc will begin from P4, forward of Max Verstappen and Lando Norris. A state of affairs like final yr is out of the query, based on the French group principal.
When Vasseur was requested concerning the SF-24’s race tempo on Sunday, the Frenchman joked: “Sure, I hope that we can’t be the quicker on Sunday” (in Las Vegas, the Grand Prix will start on Saturday native time), he instructed F1TV.
He then continued on a extra severe be aware. “It is true that from the start of the season we had the in all probability a greater automobile on the race tempo, and never the qualifying tempo. It is in all probability the consequence of what [we did] final yr, that we put loads of effort on the race tempo and you’ve got all the time a draw back to every little thing, it implies that now we have to make some compromise on the qualifying.”
Vasseur goals for P1 in Las Vegas
Final yr, Charles Leclerc might begin from pole place within the ‘Sin Metropolis’, nonetheless, the Monegasque driver completed behind Max Verstappen. “It is (having higher race tempo) for the advantages of the group since you are scoring factors on the race. I feel it is a good preparation. Final yr we did the pole, however on the finish Max received the race and I need to win this weekend,” Vasseur concluded.
This text was written in collaboration with Estéban den Toom
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