F1Weekly Podcast # 1010

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NASIR AND THE HOST ARE JUBILANT FOR FERRARI AND CARLITO! WE EXPECT MAX TO BE UP TO HIS SPEEDY SELF IN JAPAN! MOTORSPORTS MONDIAL BRINGS YOU A PLETHORA OF RACING FACTS WITH A BIG TECHNICAL BONUS…TECH TALK WITH TIM IS BACK! AND FROM THE F1W ARCHIVES…TWO TIME FORMULA 1 WORLD CHAMPION EMERSON FITTIPALDI.

LET’S HEAR FROM THE HAPPY FERRARI FOLK…

Frédéric Vasseur – Team Principal
I am proud of what the team has achieved this weekend with everyone doing a really great job. We know we’ve been making progress and here in Singapore we managed to get everything out of the SF-23, thanks in part to the great work done in Maranello.

We proved to be competitive in qualifying and today that was also the case in the race. Carlos produced a magisterial performance in the race, always in control of the situation, especially in the final laps when he intelligently ensured Norris had DRS to defend against Russell.
But for traffic in the pit lane, Charles would probably have also finished on the podium. We are pleased to be the first team to have ended Red Bull’s winning streak and are happy to have picked up these points which keep us in the fight for second place in the Constructors’

Carlos Sainz #55
It has been an incredible weekend right from the start. The team deserves this win for the enormous work they have done both here and in Maranello and I’m proud to dedicate it to all of them and the tifosi.
We executed the weekend perfectly on my side and I think we managed the final thrilling part to perfection, giving Lando (Norris) DRS and controlling the pace all race long. Of course, pitting earlier meant we had to make our tyres last for a longer stint and the final laps were on the limit, but I’m extremely happy we made it work.
Tonight we celebrate, but from tomorrow we’ll start preparing Suzuka. Let’s keep it up.

Charles Leclerc #16
I’m really happy for the team. So much work has been done in order to understand the car better in the past few weeks and today it paid off. Congratulations to Carlos who did a really good job all weekend.
Our plan was for me to start on Softs and position myself ahead of George (Russell), which was the right choice and worked out well.

Unfortunately, we lost some positions due to traffic during the pit stop under the Safety Car. Still, our race execution was good today so I’m happy. It’s great to see that we’ve made a step forward in terms of performance overall and hopefully we can confirm it next week in Japan.