The primary European triple-header of the 2025 Components 1 World Championship wrapped up in Barcelona, and Ferrari concludes it with two podiums, each secured by Charles Leclerc in Monaco and Montmeló.
Whereas the one earned within the Principality was well-deserved, the results of an SF-25 that proved very aggressive by means of the streets of Monte Carlo, at this time’s podium got here due to the intervention of the Security Automobile, which shuffled the playing cards—particularly by way of tyres—giving Charles Leclerc a big benefit in his battle with Max Verstappen for the third step of the rostrum.
On the finish of the Spanish Grand Prix, Ferrari workforce principal Frédéric Vasseur commented on what he noticed in Barcelona and the 2 earlier races whereas chatting with Sky Sport F1.
What do you consider the contact between Charles Leclerc and Max Verstappen on the restart?
“I don’t suppose something of it. Max misplaced the automobile popping out of the ultimate nook after the restart as a result of the onerous tyres are troublesome to deliver as much as temperature. Then on the straight, they moved about 20 centimetres—one to the proper, the opposite to the left. If we have a look at each contact like this one, we’d nonetheless be right here discussing them till Canada.”
The rostrum was lucky, as a result of at a sure level within the third stint, Charles Leclerc was struggling so much on the mediums…
“Sure, that’s a very good abstract of what occurred. It’s nonetheless onerous to grasp why we had a greater tempo on the softs than on the mediums. That applies to us and plenty of different groups. On the softs, we had a extra constant tempo. In the long run, it’s a very good podium as a result of we’d have been fourth earlier than the Security Automobile. Then Max didn’t have softs on the finish, he went on the hards, and we took benefit of that to get onto the rostrum. We sacrificed qualifying, and our technique was clear—even when we anticipated a bit extra from the mediums.”
On the opposite aspect, Lewis had a simple technique, however ultimately it didn’t work out…
“Lewis’s race was good up till the ultimate stint. Till that time, he had a very good tempo. Within the final stint, he had an issue. He was complaining so much in regards to the stability, which had been high quality within the first two stints. So in all probability one thing occurred to the automobile. Nonetheless, he introduced dwelling good factors for us.”
Are you glad after the Imola–Monaco–Barcelona triple-header?
“This triple-header went properly for us as a result of we made good progress in comparison with what we noticed in Miami and the sooner races. At Imola we had a troublesome qualifying however did properly within the race. In Monaco we have been sturdy, and right here we sacrificed qualifying to carry out higher within the race. I don’t know if it was the proper selection, however ultimately, we received a podium and second place within the Constructors’ Championship. Now we deal with the subsequent one.”
Is the purpose to assault Max and the McLarens?
“It’s to do one of the best job we are able to. We did the identical final yr and we’ll hold doing it. There are nonetheless 15 races left, and we’ll attempt to enhance and catch as much as McLaren, though they’re very far forward within the championship. We’ll attempt to shut the hole.”
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