Is Ferrari hiding? Vasseur jokes: “Let’s copy Barcelona, ​​hahaha!”

A Ferrari playing hide and seek? The Ferrari seen on Friday at the Red Bull Ring seemed to be a bad copy of the one admired in Barcelona, ​​so much so that Lewis Hamilton was six tenths behind and Charles Leclerc was eight, on a best time – that of George Russell – of just 67 seconds.
The gap was so large that the debate immediately started as to whether it was a real difficulty or a Red that was hiding, given that it also fitted the updated PU thanks to the ADUO. To break the ice, Frederic Vasseur indulged in a joke, which immediately turned into a meme that is making the rounds on social media: “We’re copying Barcelona! Hahaha!”.
This is obviously a joke, but it is the Ferrari team principal’s role to smooth out the ups and downs, as he has said several times over the years. Vasseur’s analysis Going into the merits of the track sessions in Austria, to F1TV, Vasseur explained: “It was a difficult Friday. We struggled a bit with the conditions, which were a bit extreme between altitude and temperature. I know it’s like that for everyone, but we didn’t adapt very well. We have the night to correct and be ready for tomorrow. We want to do our best, as always. We’ll see the result on Sunday evening, but so far we are far from our potential. This means that we have to work on us and focus on us and try to put it all together.” Vasseur then lowered his expectations for the updated Ferrari power unit: “We’ve known about the ADUO for a week or two. You can’t expect a huge leap forward. Yes, we’ve fitted a new engine, but it’s not a significant step forward.”

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2026-06-27 04:07:00