It is unavoidable that Ferrari is facing this criticism. Lakeler and Hamilton described the team as “P-Noware” in their first domestic race of Emola in their first domestic race of the season.
Both drivers have met the lack of upgradation. The first of these since the fourth race in Bahrain finally came to Austria in the last weekend, and the two drivers agreed that they were one step ahead, but how much time would take time to do justice. More coming.
Nevertheless, Vasasur insisted that it is better than the car than the car which has been shown in the recent race.
“The initial target was to fight for the championship,” he said in Canada, “but I think it’s true for us, it’s for McLaren, for Red Bull, for Mercedes, Mercedes. For Mercedes. We are all in this mood to fight for the championship at the beginning of the season.
“If you compare with expectations, perhaps McLaren is one step ahead of everyone. And we did not do a good job from our side.
“Just speaking about us, we did not do a good job, in two races.”
He explains that, after disqualifying both cars in China, they were 60 points behind the Red Bull and 40 were behind two races in the Mercedes season. Now, they are second in the Constructors Championship. On the other hand, they have about half of McLaren.
Vasasura described it as a “decent recovery”.
The fact is that Ferrari has a strong joint driver line -up compared to red bulls and Mercedes, which is reflected in the fact that, despite their position in the Constructors Championship, Lakeler is in fifth place in drivers – both McLaren Drivers and Red Bulls and Mercedes’s major drivers.
“McLaren is still a step ahead,” says Vasasur. “This means that we have to continue trying to do a better work and improve every day.
“You have to keep everything together in the right place if you want to get a good result today, because in the use of tires and the performance of the tire, or what you perform from the tires, I think it is much higher than between cars.
“The car doesn’t matter. If the team is doing a great job on the tires, they will be in front. It will be like this by the end of the season. But it is the same for everyone, we have to do a better job.”
For Hamilton, he sees it as a construction year for 2026, when the new rules bring in modified cars and engines and Ferrari is expected to fight on a lot of front.
He has not usually been particularly comfortable with the type of cars launched with 2022 rules, which demands a separate driving style from people already coming. Next year’s cars are different in the design again, and driving may also be different in character.
“The fact is with this car hope that we can still fight for another in the Constructors Championship,” says Hamilton. “that would be great.
“But I want a car that can win next year. So this is a priority. This is what we have come here to get.”
