‘It’s not a tension’ – Vasseur downplays rift rumours between Lewis Hamilton and race engineer Adami as he praises Leclerc’s Monaco podium
“In Miami and Imola, we were struggling a lot in the low-speed corners, we were struggling in Quali. And the low-speed corners in Quali, it’s key in Monaco. That means that the level of expectation was not mega high coming to Monte Carlo.
“But it’s true also that after FP1, FP2, FP3, Q1, that the level of expectation was a bit different and we were a bit frustrated [Saturday] evening with P2. I think today, honestly, we did the job. It was difficult to expect much more starting from P2, except if something happened in front, but we can’t ask much more to Charles and to the team today.”
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Ferrari have had a number of struggles this year, both cars suffering with brake issues at times, as well as with bouncing and tyre warm up – especially in Qualifying. They have often found themselves behind some midfield cars on merit, and as such, Vasseur was pulling no punches when he analysed the first third of the season for his team.
“I think we didn’t do a mega strong first part of the season… We underperformed compared to expectations, this is mega clear and we have to be honest with ourselves.”
