Bojan Vrbnjak
Ferrari experienced a fair slap in the face to yesterday’s qualifiers. Sebastian Vettel will be the last to start due to a fault in the turbocharger, and Charles Leclerc will be the tenth to start due to a fault in the fuel system. And what does team boss Mattia Binotto say?
The speed matched, the frame matched, the fans hoped: Charles Leclerc and Sebastian Vettel drove excellent laps until the qualifiers, but then everything went wrong. In the first part, Vettl was hit first, and in the third part, Leclerc. A really loud muffin for the Scuderio.
In fact, team boss Mattia Binotto was not scheduled to appear in front of reporters, but the camera of Italian colleagues from Sky could not escape. Maybe also because of Federica Massolin, the handsome Skya reporters. Instead of the rarer first starting line-up, something happened that is hard to digest for Binotta as well. “It was really bad and as a team we are very disappointed. But I am most disappointed with our racers, who have done an excellent job before. But I am also disappointed with our people who work so hard in the factories. ”
"Such cases must not happen and we have too many. But what happened in the qualifiers, I have not experienced yet, not even on the test tables. Sebastian had a new built-in part that we always need in this form. Charles, however, had a problem controlling the fuel pump. Here, too, we need to perform a detailed inspection to find the exact cause of the failure. What has happened here shows that we need to work even harder and take a closer look at all the work processes. ”
And now? What can Ferrari and 10 (Leclerc) and 20 (Vettel) start points do? “We need to come up with an approach so that we can still show good form. I know our racing speed is strong. We should not be angry, but simply do a better job. ”
Hand on heart: Did Ferrari waste the best starting position in Hockenheim? "It simply came to our notice then. However, if I look at how fast we were in training, then the first starting lineup could be red. And we would have a great duel between Charles and Sebastian. ”
