“The difference is very big”

The 6th round of the Formula 1 championship arrived, this sees in the Miami layout, where Charles Leclerc and Ferrari already know what it is to achieve a pole, as they did in 2022. However, this time the SF-25 would not run the same fate, ending more than three tenths of the pole achieved by Andrea Kimi Antonelli. A difference that according to the head of the Scuderia “is too big.”

“We continue making mistakes”

The weekend began with a Charles Leclerc that ended in the 2nd position in the only free training. On the part of Lewis Hamilton, the British ended 13th, more than a second of his teammate after not completing the last round because of a red flag caused by Oliver Bearman. A rhythm that with the passage of turns in the classification to Sprint, has been surpassed by the Mercedes, McLaren and Max Verstappen.

In fact, Monegasco has finished 6th with a 1:26 “808, while heptacampeon ended 7th with a 1:27” 030, behind his teammate. And it is that the Scuderia, since the season began, has achieved a 3rd position in the Saudi Arabia GP, which makes them stay in the 4th position of the championship more than 100 points of the leadership. A difference from which Frédéric Vasseur wanted to speak after this classification to Sprint in Miami.

“The difference is certainly too big, Antonelli is too far, but we are not far from Verstappen and the two or three pilots that precede us”, Said the Ferrari chief in Sky Sports F1.

“It was hard for us to fit everything and we continue to make mistakes, it is hard for us Because as soon as we make small mistakes, we overheat the tires a lot and lose everything, ”he continued.

“The first sector is good and in the last we do not lose more than a tenth. We lose a little more in slow curves, We have a problem with the car at the beginning of this sequence and we drag it throughout the section, losing a couple of tenths in total, ”concluded Frédéric Vasseur.

This is how the Ferrari chief wanted to give a touch of attention to his team, which according to the Frenchman, continues to make certain mistakes that cost time on track.