Ferrari drivers, Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz, have struggled to find anything positive to say about their cars after a tough race in Saudi Arabia following a disappointing start to the season. Formula 1 in Bahrain.
Sainz is sixth and Leclerc is seventh in Jeddahbehind Sergio Perez and Max Verstappen of Red Bull, Aston Martin of Fernando Alonso and George Russell and Lewis Hamilton of Mercedes.
Ferrari, F1’s oldest and most successful team, which had hoped to challenge for the first title since 2008, finished fourth and are 61 points behind leaders and defending champions Red Bull.
Sainz told reporters: “It’s hard to have positive things when you’re P6 and P7. “At least we get double reliability and score but that’s not where we want to be right now.”
Leclerc, last year’s championship runner-up who was the second-fastest in qualifying in Jeddah but started in 12th place after a penalty 10 points from the net, said Saturday was the best he’s had. can hope.
“There was nothing more to gain. The performance wasn’t good enough,” he said. “We need to work to improve the pace. We are too far. As a result we are too slow right now so we need to work.”
Team boss Fred Vasseur said there will be minor updates to next week’s trip to Australia while the team works on bigger achievements.
“I think we also have to stay calm. It’s not that things are going wrong,” he said.
“I don’t want to emphasize the positives because the weekend results weren’t good and we have to focus on what’s going on… but I have to keep in mind to analyze exactly what’s going on. good and I think yesterday’s qualifying went pretty well.
“At least I have a feeling that compared to Mercedes and Aston Martin, we’ve taken a step forward [on Saturday].”
Vasseur said reliability has also improved, and Sunday’s issue was a drop in performance after switching to hard tires for the last time.
