F1Weekly Podcast # 954
THE FERNANDO LOVING HOST CAN’T GET ENOUGH OF THE LCH INCIDENT, FERRARI HAVE LOST PERIOD! AND YOU HAVE TO FEEL LECLERC’ PAIN! MM ROCKS AS USUAL AND CLARK HAS A REPORT ON THE GOODGUYS CAR EVENT IN PLEASENTON CALIFONIA.
WE NEED TO HEAR FROM FERRARI…
Carlos Sainz #55
The car felt quite good today and we did our best, but our pace just wasn’t quick enough this weekend to hold on for the win. We ran a solid race from start to finish, with good pit stops and strategy calls, but it wasn’t enough to keep the Red Bulls behind, as they simply had more pace.
Time to analyse and prepare the next week’s race at Zandvoort.
Charles Leclerc #16
We started well, then on lap 3 we unfortunately had a tear-off in the brake duct that meant I had to pit when I was in P9. That set us back quite a bit. From that moment on, I knew that it was going to be a difficult race.
The feeling in the car was quite ok, but compared to our competitors we were lacking pace. They made a huge step leading up to this weekend and we have to work on closing the gap.
Mattia Binotto Team Principal & Managing Director
Today’s race did not live up to our expectations. Red Bull has done a great job and the performance difference between them and us this weekend, in terms of pace and also tyre degradation was clear to see. Carlos drove a good race. Charles was unlucky in the very early stages and from then on he had even more of a job on his hands.
As a team, we just have to roll up our sleeves and continue to improve the performance of our car. The next race at Zandvoort features a track with completely different characteristics and we are ready to give it our best shot as always, aiming for the win.