Frédéric Vasseur mirrored on a ‘good race’ for Scuderia Ferrari in Canada on Sunday, with Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz Jr. climbing from tenth and eleventh on the grid to take fourth and fifth place.
Essential technique calls performed an vital half within the end result, with neither driver opting to pit when the security automotive was deployed for George Russell enabling them to maneuver up into the highest 5, and with tyre degradation for these behind them being fairly aggressive, they have been in a position to capitalise and preserve their positions till the chequered flag.
Vasseur, the Crew Principal of Ferrari, says the tempo the workforce have been in a position to present on Friday reappeared on Sunday, and each drivers have been in a position to push with confidence and present good tempo, tempo that at instances matched the main three drivers.
“It was a very good race for us, confirming that we’re working in the appropriate path,” mentioned Vasseur. “After a poor qualifying yesterday, we rediscovered the race tempo we had seen on Friday, helped on this by a very good technique that took us out of site visitors, in order that Charles and Carlos had the boldness to push all through the race.
“It was notable that within the second half our drivers have been matching the lap instances of the highest three.”
Ferrari have solely scored one high three end to date within the 2023 FIA Formulation 1 World Championship season courtesy of third place for Leclerc within the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, however Vasseur says the workforce must put collectively a full weekend in the event that they wish to contend for podiums.
“We’re progressing race by race,” Vasseur added. “We are going to proceed to concentrate on working solidly on the course we’ve set ourselves, whereas going into each small element to make sure we are able to have an ideal weekend from Friday by way of to Sunday.”
