The words of the Ferrari team principal
Second row for the Ferrari at the end of the Qualifying for the Japanese GP. Charles Leclerc, with a considerable amount of oversteer at the exit of the Cucchiaio curve, managed by four thousandths to get behind Lando Norris’s McLaren and tomorrow he will be able to take advantage of the Ferrari SF-26’s starting point to attack Piastri’s McLaren and the Mercedes of Antonelli and Russell who start from the front row.
The Ferrari team principal Frederic Vasseur this is how he commented on Suzuka Qualifying to the microphones of Sky: “We need to understand why we didn’t improve between Q2 and Q3, energy management isn’t simple because it turns out to be counterintuitive for the riders, but we will analyze and try to understand where we can improve. However, everything is at stake, we have a good pace and in the first two races we have always managed to start well.”
Vasseur highlighted that at this moment of the season it is important to continue collecting points: “Another championship will begin from Miamiwe must continue to think about ourselves and collect maximum points. The season will be very long and the rate of development equally high so we must not be frightened by the current situation.” Vasseur’s reference to the fact that another championship will start from Miami could be attributable to the many developments being prepared in Maranello for the SF-26 and perhaps to any regulatory changes that could reduce Mercedes’ current advantage in terms of power unit.
