The two Ferrari drivers cannot explain themselves pole position of today, the one obtained in Mexico. A strange situation, usually you arrive on the track aware of your opportunities, am I in line for pole or not? The Team Principal of the red, Frederic Vasseur, responds to this.
We need optimism!
To have an efficient team it is necessary to keep the team spirit high, optimism even in difficult times is a very powerful weapon and Vasseur is not without it. An optimism that must have existed turned into enthusiasm after sealing a completely red front row.
“It was difficult to hypothesize the lap, everything depended on the final conditions of the track. This morning I was more optimistic than Charles, we had a good lap under our belt"
Vasseur knows he has to take risks for pole
He amazed at the beginning of the session Ferrari's choice to pass the Q1 cutoff with yellow tyres, to both cars, a risky choice but which led Ferrari to keep cooler compounds for the end. The sowing bore fruit, given the first and second positions obtained by Leclerc and Sainz.
“We didn't expect the improvement in Q3 but the car performed well both yesterday and this morning, we also took some risks at the beginning by starting with the yellows" Vasseur said after qualifying.
A few words of circumstance follow:
"To get pole you have to do a good lap, [...] it's better to start from the front than from the back." Thanks for the enlightenment Vasseur.
Can Ferrari win?
Charles Leclerc's twenty-second pole position, the one obtained in Mexico, which however has a bad percentage on his side, only 5 races finished on the top step of the podium out of the 22 starts in front. The question therefore arises spontaneously, What are the chances of winning the race?
“Tomorrow will be a completely different story, we start from the front, but we also have to think about the fact that here all teams must take into account the temperature and cooling windows for all components”
No false hopes from Frederic Vasseur, he knows that it will be hard to win the race, that problems in Mexico are always around the corner. He therefore remains rational, but certainly does not lose his optimism!
