Ferrari crew principal Fred Vasseur is focusing on three circuits after the summer season break that he believes might be significantly sturdy alternatives take factors off Pink Bull and McLaren – however the crew must get by way of Zandvoort with out freely giving an excessive amount of floor first.
Pink Bull leads the constructors’ championship by 42 factors from McLaren, with Ferrari 21 factors additional again in third place in the course of the mid-season shutdown. An improve launched in Spain had created points with bouncing and set Ferrari again, however there have been indicators of enchancment in Belgium, and Vasseur says a strong weekend in Zandvoort is required earlier than the crew is likely to be extra aggressive within the following rounds.
“To repair the bouncing is a step in efficiency,” Vasseur mentioned. “For certain we’re pushing like hell to convey one thing, and we’ll do it as quickly as potential. I believe we even have a superb sequence of tracks for us, with Monza, Baku and Singapore. These are good tracks for the traits of the automotive, however a very powerful is to attain factors.
“This was the goal coming to Spa – to not lose factors to McLaren and Pink Bull – and we did it. It will likely be the identical goal in Zandvoort, as a result of I’m satisfied that the subsequent three or 4 races after these two shall be significantly better for us.”
Though the bouncing has been an space of focus for Ferrari, Vasseur says the way in which Mercedes circled its weekend in Belgium exhibits how small positive factors can have a big impact on outcomes this season.
“I believe [Belgium] was an excellent instance for everyone, as a result of Mercedes was actually struggling on Friday – after we say struggling, it was that they had been in all probability in the back of the pack however by two tenths – and it means as quickly as you repair one thing otherwise you do a small step, you’ll be able to get better from P7 or P8 to P1 or P2.
“It’s why we’re pushing and the truth that we have now to concentrate to each single element. It’s not like two years in the past, when if you happen to had been ending P4 or P7, you had been ending 60 seconds behind Max Verstappen.
“In Budapest we completed in the identical place as one 12 months in the past, however we aren’t at 65 seconds anymore, we’re at 20. Now we have to maintain the whole lot beneath management, to not overreact, to concentrate to particulars. I’m fairly optimistic.”
