Frédéric Vasseur has said that he plans to discuss Carlos Sainz’s situation before the F1 GP in Las Vegas as he is still not satisfied with the latter’s situation.
Despite a good result in the F1 GP in Las Vegas, coming within 4 points of Mercedes, especially considering what happened to Sainz on Friday and how the FIA handled the situation. , Vasseur was a little disappointed.
Although there are doubts about the penalty, especially since the penalty had to be imposed for replacing the battery, Vasseur said that in addition to past events at other circuits and the FIA response, the cost cap Considering economic factors are a concern.
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Mr. Vasseur noted his personal discussion on this topic and compensation. The period before the yellow and red flags were waved is also a question mark, as no one was informed of what actually happened during this period.
“No, they didn’t talk at all. We didn’t know the reason for the yellow flag,” Vasseur said. “The main issue for me in this case is that raising the yellow flag first means you saw something and not raising the yellow flag prematurely. The guy who put up the flag also put up a yellow flag on my board coming from race control, which means he saw something.
“And it took a minute for the red flag to come up when there was a metal part in a straight line and we were going 200 miles per hour. I’m a little more concerned with how this incident was handled than with the incident itself. I’m angry. This incident has precedent in the past, even at Monaco, the city’s top circuit.
“There was an incident like this a few years ago, I think it was on the curb at the exit of Turn 1 – there was an incident in Malaysia, and there were two incidents in Baku. Bottas and the pit entrance. It was,” Russell said. I think this is difficult to predict and fix. Then, how to deal with the incident is another matter,” Vasseur summed up, insisting that the punishment would be severe.
“This will be a private discussion with the parties involved,” Bassour said. “We will have time next week to discuss this matter. Given the circumstances, I don’t think this was a very fair decision. It was very tough for Carlos and for the team. We need to discuss the circumstances of the incident. There will be.
“I think it’s too much. It’s not easy because letting go of the tires and the engine means more performance. But the battery, there’s no power in the battery. Missed FP1, millions of damages. I don’t think it was that stupid to consider a force majeure event, given that the team suffered a loss and that the mechanics worked hard to recover. You cannot.
“It will certainly incur large additional costs: the loom was damaged, the gearbox was damaged, the battery was damaged, the motor failed. Financial, sporting and even spare parts This has a huge impact on inventory, and the budget is serious. It is certainly not an easy task. There is no provision in the budget or cost ceiling to eliminate crashes. There will be discussions. The decision, it’s another thing,” summed up Vasseur.
Sainz himself was not satisfied on Sunday, although he was able to climb up to sixth place despite suffering a spin early in the race. Seeing how Charles Leclerc managed to struggle against Red Bull, the Spaniard felt he missed an opportunity that could have pushed for victory.
Furthermore, had Sainz been in the lead, Ferrari would have had a good chance of overtaking Mercedes in the overall standings. “You could see what was going on up front and how fast Charles was,” he said. “There are two Ferraris there, and I think it would have been a very good, interesting race for either the podium or the win, so we kind of missed it a little bit. It was a good day for the team in terms of designers, but it could have been better. ”
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