Ferrari workforce principal Fred Vasseur says the fan response to the amended schedule on the Sao Paulo Grand Prix reveals Components 1 and the FIA made the correct selections.
Heavy rain and thunderstorms led to qualifying being postponed from Saturday to Sunday morning, and with one other worrying forecast for Sunday afternoon the race itself was pulled ahead by 90 minutes. That led to a 7:30am qualifying session that noticed Lando Norris take pole earlier than Max Verstappen’s beautiful victory, and Vasseur says the queues of followers ready to get in reminded him it was the correct name for these attending.
“We are able to’t complain,” Vasseur stated. “On the finish of the day, we have been in a position to do the race. I feel the race was a very good one. What we’ve got to remember is that once I got here at 5am there have been already hundreds of followers exterior and not less than for them it’s necessary to do the job.
“For certain, the circumstances weren’t preferrred for the workforce, for everyone, however on the finish of the day it was the one choice to do the race and I feel it was a very good one.”
Charles Leclerc’s fifth place helped restrict the harm within the constructors’ championship between Ferrari and McLaren, however the Monegasque blamed himself for setup selections hurting his tempo, one thing Vasseur disagrees with.
“He’s all the time the primary one accountable himself however I’m unsure he’s in control of the setup. It was a troublesome Sunday, however I feel total it’s not a dramatic weekend. And it’s extra on some selections that it was fairly troublesome to anticipate, issues just like the pit cease. You possibly can say on the finish of the day should you keep on observe and you might be ready for the purple flag it’s the correct name, however should you crash you look silly.
“Actually, these sorts of weekends are fairly troublesome to handle from the pit wall and the automotive; nevertheless it’s extra the tempo and the setup as a result of the tempo was actually troublesome. We have been seven tenths [of a second] slower than Norris initially of the stint and possibly six or seven tenths quicker than him on the finish.”
