Charles Leclerc was happy to recoup factors in F1 Qatar GENERAL PRACTITIONER as Carlos Sainz regreted slit, while Frederic Vasseur notes strategy was to go long in the initial job.
Ferrari can be found in F1 Qatar general practitioner weekend break on the backfoot understanding that the circuit will not fit them. They were prepared to rack up much less than McLaren, yet at the end of it, they took care of to lowered the lead by 3 factors heading right into the ending in Abu Dhabi general practitioner this weekend break.
The tables transformed after Lando Norris was handed a fine which left him to rack up simply both factors. Oscar Piastri did the hefty racking up in 3rd, yet Leclerc outshined him in 2nd. The Monegasque did pass him at the beginning, yet the Australian took care of to survive him secure.
The strategy after that made the distinction as Piastri matched a lap prior to the safety and security auto was released, which permitted Leclerc to take back the track placement. The Monegasque after that worked out in 2nd to rack up critical points, where he was driving without the beverages bottle benefiting the 2nd Qatar general practitioner straight.
Sainz was happy with 6th regardless of not passing a Alpine of Pierre Gasly for 5th. The factor for his complete satisfaction was the slit he endured which can have dropped him to beyond factors. He was stuck off due to the timing of the safety and security auto as well, which was released a lap after his quit.
He had some damages which rather obstructed him from passing Gasly, that had great straightline rate. Even though there was a leak due to particles and tire wear, group employer Vasseur exposed that Ferrari had actually prepared for going long in the initial job which was shortened ultimately.
Race, result–
Leclerc: “Yes, we did [exceed our expectation]. Yes, we did, because to be honest, we knew that it would be very difficult pace-wise. We expected McLaren to be very strong in terms of race pace. We maybe did not expect Max to be that strong, but he was super strong today. However, finishing second after such a weekend, where the track characteristics are very far off from the optimal of the track characteristics we need for our car, is a surprise. We got a little bit lucky, obviously on my side. A bit unlucky with Carlos and his puncture. But as a team, it’s been a positive weekend. So yes, we exceeded our expectations because coming into the weekend, I kind of expected to lose a bit of points compared to McLaren here. However, we recovered some, so that’s good.”
Sainz: “I assume we could not have actually obtained it even worse, you recognize, we had a leak basically appearing of the last edge or around the last field, after that it indicated I required to do a complete lap on a pierced tire, making use of a great deal of race time, after that we had a slow-moving rest stop throughout that slow-moving slit, and afterwards as quickly as I appeared of the pits they placed the Safety Car out. So every person can take their quit, and I have actually shed a great deal of time with the slit and the pit quit under auto racing problems, and afterwards a Safety Car appears precisely while I’m leaving the pit, so could not have actually been any type of even worse. I began P6, I ended up P6 with whatever that occurred, and I had to race possibly with some damages in the auto for the remainder of the race.
“Yeah, a bit of a nightmare day, and bringing home a P6 maybe is not as terrible as it now feels, but yeah, at least the other car could get maximum points available for Charles, and I think it’s damage limitation with everything that happened. We managed to being the fight to the next race. At the same time, on my side of the garage, we probably lost…we could have finished maybe P4 or P3, depending on the race scenario. So, we lost their four points that might be crucial for the end of the championship.”
Vasseur: “We would have signed before for this, we scored more points than McLaren, we are still alive for the championship. Also, Charles is not far away from Norris also for P2 on the drivers’ side. Overall it is a good result, I would prefer we were 20 points ahead but we are behind. Lets see, on paper Abu Dhabi should be good, but lets fight until the final corner.”
Recovery from group–
Leclerc: “I felt like we optimised yesterday and today. We knew that it wasn’t going to be our strongest weekend, but we decided to just focus on ourselves and try to do what was the best possible result for us. And I think we achieved that very well. We should be happy. Then we of course need to look at what we can do in the future to be faster on those kind of tracks. But yeah, this weekend we did work very well as a team.”
Drink container circumstance–
Leclerc: “Yeah, I did not drink, but I honestly, I don’t think it was that much of an issue for this race. Last year it would have been a really, really big issue. I think I wouldn’t have finished the race without my drink, but this year it was actually pretty, pretty chill. So yeah, in terms of dehydration, it wasn’t bad, but it was quite physical in the corners just because we had no saving to do today. There was basically no saving. It was just flat out pushing from the first lap to the last lap, which is quite enjoyable as a driver. I don’t think any of us drivers had our heads straight in the fast corners at the end of the race. It was very physical.”
What led to slit, safety and security auto hold-up–
Sainz: “I assume it was a little bit of a best tornado. I assume every person was running extremely short on the front left tire in regards to walk, I assume no person had much walk left, this subjects undoubtedly the tire and the carcass to a leak, and afterwards the sharp kerbs, the crushed rock on the track, the particles, can have been any one of them the root cause of the slit, we will certainly never ever recognize. I feel in one’s bones that I obtained the most awful of it due to the fact that I had to do a complete lap penetrated, plus a slow-moving rest stop, plus the damages, plus a Safety Car when I appeared of the pit.
“[It took] more than too long, I wish it could have come out while I was having a puncture so no one could overtake me, or no one could profit from the Safety Car, or we could all profit from the Safety Car given that two cars [had punctures]. That lap that I did on a punctured car, clearly there was something going on and I had to do a full lap and a very slow pit stop before the Safety Car came out, which is the most frustrating part of it.”
Vasseur: “For sure, tyre wear is not helping, but there is not the puncture, it is the debris.”
Strategy–
Vasseur: “The strategy was to pit also later. On one auto, we matched due to the slit. On the various other one, that was the safety and security auto. But the preliminary strategy was to pit also behind this. The strategy was to go much longer on this. We were rather certain with the tool and the deg was much less than the gas impact and we were going much faster and much faster, it was … when you go over the slow-moving duration, it was carrying out for us and we were certain to progress. It is as well conventional if you have a safety and security auto on Lap 25.
“But the plan was to be a bit longer than this. I think it was the right approach because we decided to push around Lap 15 and the pace was there, we were expecting to do a long stint. Honestly, the initial plan was well executed by the two drivers, they did a very good job. Now you know the story after the safety car but the plan was well executed.”
Here’s slit for Carlos Sainz: https://www.formula1.com/en/video/2024-qatar-grand-prix-safety-car-out-after-punctures-for-hamilton-and-sainz-on-the-same-lap.1817262809126218006
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