Ferrari boss Fred Vasseur took note of Toto Wolff’s comparison regarding “Formula 2 cars,” and he emphasized that the feeling was similar during Mercedes’ domination which ended a few years ago.
Toto Wolff, the principal of the Mercedes team, made a statement about Max Verstappen’s current dominance at Red Bull, likening it to “a field of Formula 2 cars against a Formula 1 [car].”
Frederic Vasseur, Ferrari’s counterpart, brought attention to this comparison and acknowledged its significance.
“Give him an F2 car and he will see. Red Bull are in front but I think the feeling was probably the same when Mercedes was in front a couple of years ago. And I won’t go [into] this field, I think honestly that the most important is to be focused on yourself to try to get the best from what we have, to minimise the mistake, to do a better job and then what will come will come. But I’m not sure that makes sense to try to do this kind of assumption.” – the French manager pointed out after the Hungarian Grand Prix in Budapest.
At the Hungaroring, Max Verstappen secured another comfortable victory, extending Red Bull’s winning streak for the 2023 Formula One season. Sharing the podium were his teammate Sergio Perez and McLaren’s Lando Norris, who confirmed the impressive comeback of his team, following a poor start to the championship.
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Finishing in fourth place was Lewis Hamilton from Mercedes, while Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz of Ferrari claimed the 7th and 8th positions, respectively.
When asked about the situation in the constructors’ champions ahead of the Belgian Grand Prix, Fred Vasseur remarked: “Red Bull is also bringing upgrades and upgrades and upgrades. And I think that everybody is improving but the reality of the regulations and the cost gap is that we are improving much less than in the past. It means that when there is a gap, and a real gap, it’s quite difficult to catch up but one weekend to the others that over the last four or five weekends it was a one time ahead in quali, one time McLaren, one time Mercedes but we are always behind Red Bull and at least on the race they have still a huge gap. To catch up, it’s not that you are thinking about the Red Bull and to say well what we have to do, you have to work on yourself.” – the French manager explained.
“It means that we are developing, we are developing in every single direction, we are trying to improve aero, suspension and whatever we can do. We are pushing like hell to do a better job but if you have a look, and this is crucial, with the bouncing and so, it’s not when you are bringing upgrades that you are doing a huge step forward. We brought big things in Barcelona and we were potentially better the week after. I think Alfa Romeo brought something two weeks ago and they did a very good job this weekend, at least on quali. It means that the understanding of the upgrade is also crucial and it’s not just about a package on a package.” – the Ferrari boss concluded.
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