Frederic Vasseur defends Charles Leclerc pit stop mix-up: ‘It was still the right decision…’

Ferrari boss Frederic Vasseur has defended his team for their pit stop mix-up when Charles Leclerc stopped for intermediates at the end of the opening lap at the Dutch Grand Prix.
Charles Leclerc (MON) Ferrari SF-23 retired from the race in the pits. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 14, Dutch Grand
Charles Leclerc (MON) Ferrari SF-23 retired from the race in the pits. Formula 1 World…

Leclerc was one ofꩵ the first dr🅷ivers to come in at the end of Lap 1 at Zandvoort.

However, Ferrari weren’t ready for him, meaning he was left stranded in the pit lane for ar💧ound 10 seconds.

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Had Ferrari been ready, Leclerc probably would have been second behind168澳洲5最新开奖结果: Sergio Perez on track.

Still, he was running fifth when all the 🍬p▨it stops played out.

Sp❀eaking after the race, Vasseur wasn’t fazed by what happened during the pit st🔥op.

“Yes, because the rain was in the last corn꧂er and he decided to pit,” he said. “It was a very late call, but I think it was still the right decision because we were in a much better position than before even with the six or seven seconds we lost in the pit lane. 

“For sure, if you are 10 seconds behind or five seconds behind and you make the call, it is much ⛎easier. But I don’t have to complain about this because💖 it was the right call.”

Charles Leclerc (MON) Ferrari SF-23. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 14, Dutch Grand Prix, Zandvoort, Netherlands, Race
Charles Leclerc (MON) Ferrari SF-23. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 14, Dutch Grand Prix,…

Leclerc himself echoed team⛦ boss Vasseur, standing by the decision to pit so late.

"I did ca🔯ll for it, in the last corner, so very late," he said. "But obviously looking at the [weather] siꦇtuation in the last corner I was very sure that even if we had lost five or six seconds at the pitstop, we would recover them during one lap easily.

"I expected to lose some time, we could have optimised it as a team j꧟ust for the guys to be ready a little bit earꦫlier in those types of situations, but apart from that I think it was the right choice."

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