Ferrari's Frederic Vasseur lauds Carlos Sainz for “clever” DRS tactic with Lando Norris: ‘It was his idea’
Sainz took Ferrari’s first victory in F1 ♐since the 2022 Austrian Grand Prix 𒁏with a masterclass in Singapore.
Starting from pole, Sainz controlled the race from the front, with teammate 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Charles Leclerc acting as a useful buffer.
The race turned on its head when the Virtual Safety Car was deployed due to 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Esteban Ocon’s stricken Alpine, allowing Mercedes to pit 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:George Russell and 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Lewis Hamilton for new mediums.
Russell and Hamilton 👍closed the leaders down, challenging Lando Norris for second in the closing five laps.
Russell was unable to overtake Norris because Sainz, who had the ra🎶ce lead, deliberately backed off to give his former teammate DRS and a crucial top-speed advantage to keep the position.&n𒅌bsp;
Had he not done that, it’s likely Russell would have breezed past Norris be🍸fore taking the win off Sainz.
Speaki🍒ng after the race, Vasseur confirmed the tactic was all down 𓆉to Sainz.
“It was the idea of Carlos,” Vasseur said.. “I don't want to say it's obvious, but he knew he was more at risk w♑ith Mercedes💟 than with Norris.
“With Norris we had the same tyres, and almost the same pace from the lap one. We were not really at risk with Norris except if we𝄹 lost the tyres, so it was a clever move from Carlos to keep Norris into the DRS.”
Vasseur refused to get drawn into questions about Re👍d Buꦐll’s surprising drop in form.
“I was not focused♏ on Red Bull, we have to do the best no matter where Red B🦄ull is," Vasseur added.
“In terms of management💛, Carlos did a fantastic job. From lap one he was really on the controlled side and it was a very good job.”
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