Ferrari staff principal Fred Vasseur says the fan response to the amended schedule on the Sao Paulo Grand Prix exhibits System 1 and the FIA made the suitable selections.
Heavy rain and thunderstorms led to qualifying being postponed from Saturday to Sunday morning, and with one other worrying forecast for Sunday afternoon the race itself was pulled ahead by 90 minutes. That led to a 7:30am qualifying session that noticed Lando Norris take pole earlier than Max Verstappen’s beautiful victory, and Vasseur says the queues of followers ready to get in reminded him it was the suitable name for these attending.
“We are able to’t complain,” Vasseur mentioned. “On the finish of the day, we have been capable of do the race. I feel the race was a superb one. What we now have to bear in mind is that after I got here at 5am there have been already 1000’s of followers exterior and at the very least for them it’s essential to do the job.
“For certain, the situations weren’t excellent for the staff, for everyone, however on the finish of the day it was the one choice to do the race and I feel it was a superb one.”
Charles Leclerc’s fifth place helped restrict the injury within the constructors’ championship between Ferrari and McLaren, however the Monegasque blamed himself for setup selections hurting his tempo, one thing Vasseur disagrees with.
“He’s at all times the primary one guilty himself however I’m unsure he’s answerable for the setup. It was a troublesome Sunday, however I feel total it’s not a dramatic weekend. And it’s extra on some selections that it was fairly troublesome to anticipate, issues just like the pit cease. You’ll be able to say on the finish of the day when you keep on monitor and you might be ready for the crimson flag it’s the suitable name, however when you crash you look silly.
“Truthfully, these sorts of weekends are fairly troublesome to handle from the pit wall and the automobile; however it’s extra the tempo and the setup as a result of the tempo was actually troublesome. We have been seven tenths [of a second] slower than Norris at the start of the stint and possibly six or seven tenths sooner than him on the finish.”
