According to Frederic Vasseur, despite the disastrous qualifying in Singapore, not all is lost. It was certainly not the Saturday that the Maranello team expected. qualifications saw Carlos Sainz end up in the barriers at the end of the launch lap and Charles Leclerc end the session without a valid time. The Prancing Horse drivers will therefore start in tenth and ninth position, right here in Singapore where overtaking is very difficult, if not impossible.
Vasseur comments on the subdued qualifying: “Carlos is fine. Charles started the lap with the tyres at temperature”
Ferrari will start the Singapore GP on an uphill slope tomorrow. Today's qualifying was disastrous for both drivers as mentioned. A big disappointment, especially after Friday, which saw the two reds threaten the race pace of the favourites McLaren. For this reason Frédéric Vasseur has not yet lost hope, taking into account what happened today.Carlos is doing well physically, but obviously he is disappointed because it is not the result he expected after last year's pole. The most important thing however is that he is well and that he is ready to try a good comeback tomorrow“. Vasseur, as also reported by FormulaPassion, reassured everyone about the pilot's conditions Spanish, who last year on this track was the only one capable of beating the two Red Bulls.
Vasseur then focused on what happened to Leclerc, disagreeing with what the driver said. In fact, the Monegasque in the post-qualifying session had complained a lot about the state of the tires at the beginning of his flying lap in Q3. The Ferrari team principal, however, interpreted the qualifying session differently.I think Charles started the lap with the right tyre temperature, but I’ll have to talk to him about that. He didn't want to start first, so we waited a bit longer in the pits and maybe that's where we lost the temperature. Then he pushed on the launch lap and returned to the window before the attempt began“. In short, Ferrari will have to untie more than a few knots before tomorrow’s race, with Vasseur who, as he released, will first have to speak with the number 16 driver, to whom for now he seems to be placing a significant portion of the responsibility. “We knew we only had one lap, we had to push and there were track limits. I think Charles went over the line by a couple of centimetres, but that's part of the game.".
Vasseur wants to put disappointment aside: "we have to repeat what we did in free practice"
Leclerc and Sainz both appeared before the microphones feeling heartbroken and disappointed. The latter was more disappointed by the mistake he made, while the former was angry about the problems encountered at the end of Q3. Vasseur, on the other hand, given his role in the team, tried to put aside what happened in qualifying, recalling the good work done up until the day before.Sand we will be able to repeat on Sunday what we showed in FP1 and FP2 on Friday, maybe we can still do well. We have to try to put it all together and be more aggressive with the strategy, then we'll see what we can do. We're frustrated, also because we know that there was the pace to be on the front row. I don't know if pole was within reach, but the front row, yes. We'll see in the evening what we can do to choose the tyres at the start.“. Ferrari will therefore have to transform the disappointment into energy, trying to be ready for every type of opportunity that a treacherous circuit like Marina Bay can offer.
