Ferrari crew boss Frederic Vasseur has introduced that the Maranello crew will introduce a last minor improve to its SF-24 single-seater on the upcoming United States Grand Prix, which is able to happen on the 5.513-kilometre Circuit of The Americas in Austin on Sunday, October 20, marking the Scuderia’s final growth replace for this F1 marketing campaign.
Regardless of a lot of the eye being on the extraordinary battle between Crimson Bull and McLaren, the Italian stays within the struggle for the constructors’ championship, trailing McLaren by 75 factors with six races nonetheless to go till the top of the season. Whereas confirming the replace for the Circuit of the Americas, the French supervisor emphasised that the Maranello crew’s major focus has now shifted to getting ready for subsequent 12 months’s automotive.
“Everyone knows that we already began the event of the subsequent automotive, and we attempt to do our greatest to have small upgrades on the subsequent one [race]. I believe it will likely be most likely the final one for everyone; that shall be true for us, however it will likely be true for the opposite groups. Now it’s so tight general within the final 4 or 5, six races, you probably have a glance on the grid, it might get tight and each single bit could make a distinction.” – Fred Vasseur defined.
Ferrari’s race on the 4.94-kilometre Marina Bay Avenue Circuit final Sunday took a flip for the more serious throughout a irritating qualifying session. Charles Leclerc confronted points with tire preparation and had a Q3 lap deleted, whereas Carlos Sainz crashed out, leaving each drivers on the again foot for the remainder of the weekend. Ranging from ninth and tenth on the grid, the Italian aspect opted for a cut up technique. Carlos Sainz pitted early in an try and get better positions after shedding floor on the primary lap, whereas Charles Leclerc prolonged his stint earlier than making his sole cease later within the race.
The Monegasque driver in the end secured fifth place, pressuring George Russell for fourth within the last phases of the Singapore Grand Prix, whereas Carlos Sainz held on to seventh, struggling on worn laborious tires.
Requested concerning the option to diverge on technique, Frederic Vasseur defined:
“To begin [on] delicate, you can also make one place maybe. However if you wish to be aggressive, you’ll pit lap 12 or 15 like Lewis [Hamilton] did – you don’t have one other selection. At the very least to begin with medium, we had the chance to increase, the situation of the race was a bit completely different and I believe it was technique. However the truth that we cut up the vehicles to do one early cease after which one other one who prolonged was additionally the nice name I believe and it went fairly effectively because of the monitor place of the stint.” – the Ferrari crew boss concluded.
Sep 29, 2024
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