Ferrari holds its head high after the two toughest races
They were supposed to be two terrible races for Ferrari, at least until the evolved engine with the second ADUO token, but instead the Scuderia returns home from Spa and Silverstone with a first and a second place both achieved by a rediscovered Charles Leclerc. Of course, in both situations the help of Lady Luck is not negligible, but the final fact is that the SF-26 still competed with Mercedes, albeit with some elements of inferiority in terms of engine power, even on the two tracks that were on paper less favorable. A result that team principal Frederic Vasseur takes home while deliberately keeping his feet firmly on the ground.
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Fred Vasseur speaks
So no trouble, somewhat like what happened after the Silverstone triumph and even more so after a second place at Spa which, in fact, widens the gap in the standings from Andrea Kimi Antonelli, talking about the World Championship: “Fight for the championship? No, I don’t want to dream. It’s important to focus on real results, so we stay on the race. It’s true that when we arrived here and at Silverstone we expected difficult weekends and not to be able to fight for the win, also considering the characteristics of the tracks and our situation, but it went quite well. We did a great job, we managed to fight for the top positions,” said the team principal to Sky microphones.
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“Today Charles – he adds – was a bit lucky with the Virtual Safety Car, but compared to the past this compensated him. Overall it’s a good result for the team. Kimi was faster on track, we were faster than expected but it’s not like we thought we were 8 seconds per lap slower. We had estimated to lose 8 tenths yes, but on the straights (and to recover in the corners, ed.). In fact, we expected to be slower than the Mercedes and today we were, and we were also at Silverstone. The margin is not huge anyway and so we can fight, because there are favorable circumstances like the start and strategies, as seen at Silverstone.” “The next track will be a little different, a bit more on our side, but we will still have to do a good job,” concluded Ferrari boss Fred Vasseur.
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