Vasseur praises Hamilton: “Important to have two cars in front”
The team principal emphasized the importance of having two cars fighting for the top positions, praising the performance of the Briton
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Hamilton: “We need to find out if the Mercedes advantage comes from power or the battery”
Ferrari’s English world champion is already thinking about how to push the team in the comeback against Mercedes
Hamilton doesn’t give up: “Two more laps and I would have passed Leclerc. Mercedes? Catching them is not impossible”
Lewis Hamilton’s first immediate words at the end of the Australian GP and an overall positive weekend after the suffering of 2025
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Vigna: “Happy for Vasseur, for the drivers and for everyone in Maranello, a good start, let’s continue to collect data and to understand”
The words of Ferrari CEO Benedetto Vigna at the end of the Australian GP concluded on the podium
Vasseur: “Taking advantage of the 1st VSC wouldn’t have changed anything. Half-second gap from Mercedes, but developments matter”
Ferrari team principal Frederic Vasseur comments on the performance in the Australian GP, finished in P3 and P4 by Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton
Russell: “Ferrari was fast, without the Virtual Safety Car I don’t know if we would have won”
Australian GP winner George Russell emphasized at the end of the race that he had to thank the VSC which avoided the fight with the Ferraris.
Leclerc: “After what we saw in FP3, perhaps Mercedes wasn’t even at maximum power in qualifying…”
The Monegasque Ferrari driver is convinced that in the race Mercedes will have an advantage of about one second per lap
Mercedes dominates, Leclerc pessimistic: “Huge gap, there isn’t much we can do”
Charles Leclerc is quite pessimistic at the end of qualifying for the 2026 Australian GP, dominated by rivals Mercedes
Vasseur: “We are not surprised by the Mercedes engine’s advantage. Ferrari still far from its potential”
The Ferrari team principal highlighted that they did not maximize the Melbourne qualifying, although Mercedes is clearly ahead