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Ferrari’s Vasseur says fan response vindicates F1’s rescheduling calls in Brazil

Ferrari’s Vasseur says fan response vindicates F1’s rescheduling calls in Brazil

Ferrari group principal Fred Vasseur says the fan response to the amended schedule on the Sao Paulo Grand Prix reveals Components 1 and the FIA made the proper decisions.

Heavy rain and thunderstorms led to qualifying being postponed from Saturday to Sunday morning, and with one other worrying forecast for Sunday afternoon the race itself was pulled ahead by 90 minutes. That led to a 7:30am qualifying session that noticed Lando Norris take pole earlier than Max Verstappen’s gorgeous victory, and Vasseur says the queues of followers ready to get in reminded him it was the proper name for these attending.

“We will’t complain,” Vasseur stated. “On the finish of the day, we have been in a position to do the race. I feel the race was an excellent one. What we’ve to remember is that once I got here at 5am there have been already hundreds of followers outdoors and a minimum of for them it’s vital to do the job.

“For positive, the circumstances weren’t preferrred for the group, for everyone, however on the finish of the day it was the one choice to do the race and I feel it was an excellent one.”

Charles Leclerc’s fifth place helped restrict the harm within the constructors’ championship between Ferrari and McLaren, however the Monegasque blamed himself for setup decisions hurting his tempo, one thing Vasseur disagrees with.

“He’s all the time the primary one in charge himself however I’m undecided he’s in control of the setup. It was a troublesome Sunday, however I feel total it’s not a dramatic weekend. And it’s extra on some decisions that it was fairly troublesome to anticipate, issues just like the pit cease. You may say on the finish of the day in the event you keep on observe and you’re ready for the crimson flag it’s the proper name, however in the event you crash you look silly.

“Actually, these sorts of weekends are fairly troublesome to handle from the pit wall and the automobile; however it’s extra the tempo and the setup as a result of the tempo was actually troublesome. We have been seven tenths [of a second] slower than Norris firstly of the stint and possibly six or seven tenths sooner than him on the finish.”

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