Fred Vasseur: “We have been near McLaren. It was Verstappen who was distinctive”
The Ferrari crew principal shared his ideas after the Italian Grand Prix at Monza, the place each SF-25 vehicles missed out on the rostrum regardless of robust performances.
Low tyre degradation within the race
No victory and never even a podium end. Ferrari’s dwelling weekend ended with a way of disappointment, because the Scuderia needed to accept fourth place with Charles Leclerc and sixth with Lewis Hamilton. The British driver managed to climb 4 locations from his beginning grid place, whereas the Monegasque initially held off Oscar Piastri’s McLaren within the opening laps. Nevertheless, the phantasm was short-lived, and shortly automotive #16 needed to give technique to the present championship chief.
Talking to Sky Sport F1 after the race, Ferrari crew principal Fred Vasseur analyzed what went mistaken and why the SF-25 couldn’t obtain a stronger end result. “We have been battling with Oscar Piastri in the beginning, however most likely used up loads of tyre life within the opening laps after which suffered somewhat afterwards,” the Frenchman defined. “Afterward, the tempo got here again, and we have been capable of lengthen the stint, however we most likely paid the worth for that combat. The monitor improved lots through the race, however as you noticed, there was no actual degradation. Tyre put on was virtually zero and was balanced by the monitor evolution. We have been all roughly in the identical window, with variations of only some hundredths.”
Max Verstappen made the distinction
Wanting again, Fred Vasseur believes the decisive issue at Monza was the human ingredient: Max Verstappen. “Tomorrow we’ll go over your entire weekend once more and see if we might have executed something higher. If we examine ourselves with McLaren, this was certainly one of our greatest weekends of the season. We completed solely 5 or 6 seconds behind them. What was distinctive was Max with the Purple Bull. In truth, particularly Max, as a result of the opposite Purple Bull was a lot additional again. And Lewis? He did very effectively, he recovered strongly. At Monza it’s by no means simple ranging from tenth place.” – the French supervisor concluded.
Sep 7, 2025
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