Ferrari team principal Frederic Vasseur at a loss to explain poor performance - 'Very difficult to understand

Ferrari team principal Frederic Vasseur said that their current car is “very difficult to understand”. Vasseur took over from Mattia Binotto in the close season and has seen Red Bull emerge once more as the team to beat. Ad For now, Red Bull's Max Verstappen looks favourite for the title, which would represent a hat-trick for the Dutchman and the Austrian team.

Spanish Grand PrixVerstappen dominates practice sessions in Barcelona as teams test upgrades02/06/2023 AT 17:28 The Spanish Grand Prix in Barcelona last week saw Carlos Sainz start on the front row for Ferrari, but he ended the race in fifth spot. Perhaps more disappointingly, Ferrari’s other driver Charles Leclerc failed to progress past Q1 in qualifying, and did not finish in the points on the Sunday. Ferrari had introduced an upgrade package to Barcelona, including new sidepods, but it made little difference.

Verstappen cruises to Spanish Grand Prix victory, Hamilton shows class to claim second Verstappen takes pole, Hamilton fifth after collision with Russell at Spanish Grand Prix Verstappen dominates practice sessions in Barcelona as teams test upgrades «We are there in qualifying, and we are not there in the race. We are still inconsistent on the same car between compounds and sometimes between the same compounds,» said Vasseur. He added: «We have 1,000 people [working] on this now and it is very difficult to understand and to fix it because it's not always the same problem.

»It's true that in qualifying, you are in free air and in the race you are not. I think Charles struggled a lot in the first stint as he was a lot closer to the car in front of him. «The main issue for us is not the potential on the lap on [high-speed] corners, the main issue is the