The primary European triple-header of the 2025 System 1 World Championship wrapped up in Barcelona, and Ferrari concludes it with two podiums, each secured by Charles Leclerc in Monaco and Montmeló.
Whereas the one earned within the Principality was well-deserved, the results of an SF-25 that proved very aggressive via the streets of Monte Carlo, at the moment’s podium got here due to the intervention of the Security Automotive, which shuffled the playing cards—particularly by way of tyres—giving Charles Leclerc a major benefit in his battle with Max Verstappen for the third step of the rostrum.
On the finish of the Spanish Grand Prix, Ferrari workforce principal Frédéric Vasseur commented on what he noticed in Barcelona and the 2 earlier races whereas chatting with Sky Sport F1.
What do you consider the contact between Charles Leclerc and Max Verstappen on the restart?
“I don’t assume something of it. Max misplaced the automotive popping out of the ultimate nook after the restart as a result of the onerous tyres are troublesome to carry as much as temperature. Then on the straight, they moved about 20 centimetres—one to the fitting, the opposite to the left. If we have a look at each contact like this one, we’d nonetheless be right here discussing them till Canada.”
The rostrum was lucky, as a result of at a sure level within the third stint, Charles Leclerc was struggling loads on the mediums…
“Sure, that’s a superb abstract of what occurred. It’s nonetheless onerous to grasp why we had a greater tempo on the softs than on the mediums. That applies to us and plenty of different groups. On the softs, we had a extra constant tempo. Ultimately, it’s a superb podium as a result of we might have been fourth earlier than the Security Automotive. Then Max didn’t have softs on the finish, he went on the hards, and we took benefit of that to get onto the rostrum. We sacrificed qualifying, and our technique was clear—even when we anticipated a bit extra from the mediums.”
On the opposite facet, Lewis had an easy technique, however in the long run it didn’t work out…
“Lewis’s race was good up till the ultimate stint. Till that time, he had a superb tempo. Within the final stint, he had an issue. He was complaining loads concerning the stability, which had been high quality within the first two stints. So most likely one thing occurred to the automotive. Nonetheless, he introduced dwelling good factors for us.”
Are you glad after the Imola–Monaco–Barcelona triple-header?
“This triple-header went nicely for us as a result of we made good progress in comparison with what we noticed in Miami and the sooner races. At Imola we had a tricky qualifying however did nicely within the race. In Monaco we have been sturdy, and right here we sacrificed qualifying to carry out higher within the race. I don’t know if it was the fitting selection, however in the long run, we bought a podium and second place within the Constructors’ Championship. Now we give attention to the subsequent one.”
Is the objective to assault Max and the McLarens?
“It’s to do the most effective job we will. We did the identical final 12 months and we’ll hold doing it. There are nonetheless 15 races left, and we’ll attempt to enhance and catch as much as McLaren, though they’re very far forward within the championship. We’ll attempt to shut the hole.”
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