Frederic Vasseur’s contrasting approach to Mattia Binotto at Ferrari: "We can’t bulls*** ourselves"

Team principal Frederic Vasseur has called on Ferrari to “not bullshit ourselves” regarding their F1 form following a disappointing start to the season.
Frederic Vasseur (FRA) Ferrari Team Principal. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 2, Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, Jeddah, Saudi
Frederic Vasseur (FRA) Ferrari Team Principal. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 2, Saudi…

Ferrari finished sixth and seventh in Sunday’s Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, with 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Carlos Sainz cꦦlassifying over 🅺35 seconds behind race winner Sergio Perez.

Many tipped Ferrari to fare better in Saudi Arabia than Bahrain due to tyre degradation being less of a factor plus the SꦚF-23 is more efficient in a straight-line compared to its predecessor.

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Like Mercedes, Ferrari have a lot of work to do if they are to get anywhere near Red Bull in F1 2023.

Spea♏king after the race, Vas💟seur was asked what the first thing he would tell his team after Jeddah.

“To not bulls*** ourselves,” he replied. “The most important thing in this kind of situation is to know where we are going well and what we are doin🃏g wrong. But we cannot bulls*** ourselves.  

“We have to change. We have to understand where we are wrong, and we have to push. It’s not [good enou🍷gh] to speak, we will not be faster like this.  

“For me the picture is quite clear. The potential of the car is good, but it’s not enough compared to Red Bull, because we are not able ♔to extract the maximum from the car every time.” 

Charles Leclerc (MON) Ferrari SF-23. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 2, Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia,
Charles Leclerc (MON) Ferrari SF-23. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 2, Saudi Arabian Grand…

Even though tyre wear wasn’t an issue in Jeddah, Vasseur feels it’s still an issue - how they manage the differ♎ent compounds.

“The first stint went 🤡pretty well and Charles had a good comeback, but he was with💟 the soft [tyre] and nobody knows about the different compound," he added.

“Carlos wa🌟s in a decen♏t pace on the first stint with the medium, compared to the others, but we lost completely the ground with the hard [tyre]. 

“It’s where we have to understand that the main issue is. If we have some improvement to do, it’s clearly on the manage❀ment of the different compounds.”  

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