Ferrari clings to the Constructors’ fight
Charles Leclerc started from pole position in the 14th round of the 2024 Formula 1 campaign, the Belgian Grand Prix, but on track, he was overtaken by Lewis Hamilton and Oscar Piastri, as well as in the pits by the winner George Russell, who played the single-stop wildcard, but was eventually disqualified due to having an underweight car.
Scuderia Ferrari was the third force in terms of points collected, behind Mercedes and McLaren, and Red Bull is 63 points away, a gap that is not insurmountable, provided they match McLaren in terms of performance.
Scuderia Ferrari team principal Frederic Vasseur commented to Sky Sport on Sunday’s race at the 7.004-kilometre Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps: “I don’t know if it was the maximum result, but overall in terms of performance, it was a good race. We were all very surprised by the very low degradation of the hards and the very high degradation of the medium tires. I think George had the perfect strategy, but in the end, we all finished within 10 seconds, having 4 teams within 10 seconds is something magical for the championship.” – the French manager pointed out.
“Everyone had huge degradation with the mediums, except for the first laps because we were all managing, but when we had to push with the medium set, like Perez in the second stint, after 4-5 laps we returned to the pits. The hard compound had zero degradation, but the single stop was too far for us as a possibility. I would have preferred the double podium to be ours rather than finishing fourth, but in terms of performance, we found a good pace again. Now it’s a matter of a couple of tenths, we need to put everything together from the next race. The bouncing didn’t have a big impact this time; it’s more a matter of how you push or manage the stint.” – Frederic Vasseur concluded at the end of the Belgian Grand Prix in Spa.
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