Vasseur: “I don’t know if we were competitive in Canada because of the curbs or the cold”

Ferrari, the stars and the rags It was certainly a Ferrari with two faces that was seen in Canada, with Lewis Hamilton who achieved the best result of his experience in Maranello – second under the checkered flag – and Charles Leclerc who defined his weekend in Montreal as “the worst of his F1 career”, so much so that his feeling with the single-seater was at an all-time low.
Frederic Vasseur will therefore have to manage the situation, even if he didn’t seem to be so worried about Leclerc’s morale: “In 10 days we will be in Monte Carlo and he won’t even remember that Canada existed”, he played down with a joke, in his style. Mystery of Canadian competitiveness Frederic Vasseur, in his long analysis given to Canal +, confessed that he wasn’t clear on why Ferrari was so competitive in Canada: “We expected to be much further behind. But it’s also encouraging, there are some characteristics that we seem to manage better. I don’t know if it depends on the curbs or the slightly cold temperatures, but we had a better weekend than expected.” The team principal then wanted to encourage Leclerc: “When you find conditions like this, where everyone struggles to warm up the tyres, it’s essential to have confidence and this made the difference with Charles. But he has enough experience to analyze the situation on his own, he arrived here with doubts and fears because he didn’t always give his best in Montreal. When you’re on the defensive you can’t attack and the situation gets complicated. He was a bit trapped in this spiral.” Click here to add Formula Passion as your favorite source on Google Discover: you will find our content more easily!

Automobile Magazine – F1 English News , 2026-05-27 16:00:00