Ferrari Sporting Director Laurent Mekies reflects on team’s difficult qualifying in Spa. Mekies reflects on team's difficult qualifying in Spa.

Scuderia Ferrari expected a difficult Saturday at the 65th Belgian Grand Prix and so it was. Having struggled all weekend to get the tyres of their SF1000 into the right operating window, Charles Leclerc and Sebastian Vettel failed to make the cut out of Q2 and will therefore start from the seventh row of the grid tomorrow when the five lights go out above the Spa-Francorchamps start line.

Scuderia Ferrari Sporting Director Laurent Mekies comments and impressions after qualifying at Spa:

“A very difficult qualifying with neither driver making it to Q3. This follows on from an even more difficult Friday, when we never managed to get the tyres to work properly. With very little grip, Charles, Sebastian and the team did what they could, turning the setup on its head to try and at least to get back to the performance level we had seen in previous races. Thanks to a lot of hard work from everyone, today was better than yesterday, but it was not enough to fight with our usual competitors. We also went for an aero setup aimed at tomorrow’s race, when the rain could be a factor. Tomorrow we will do all we can and then work on finding out why we never managed to get our package working properly, right from the first free practice session.” – Laurent Mekies explained, as reported by the Maranello team’s official website at the end of the qualifying session.