Frédéric Vasseur was pleased with Ferrari's result in Las Vegas, with Carlos Sainz's third place and Charles Leclerc's fourth position. The Scuderia thus gained points from McLaren F1 to move closer to 24 units of the Woking team.
“The bottom line is that we maximize the points we could score with our potential. Mercedes were faster than us and we finished third and fourth behind them. We took points back from McLaren and Red Bull so it's a have a good weekend, but there is frustration because we were not far from doing better” Vasseur said.
“It’s a great championship, it’s been a long time since we’ve had three teams capable of being champions with two races remaining. It’s good for our sport, for F1, for the media, although I would prefer to be 70 points ahead with two races remaining.
“It’s good for the championship, it bodes well for a good season next year, because there is a form of convergence of performances, we are going in the same direction, there are more and more potential winners. “
“We arrive at a race, we don't know if we're going to be first or eighth, so it's good, it's good for the sport. We'll see in 2026 because we'll change the regulations, but we'll try to take advantage of this year and 2025.”
The Frenchman also wanted to congratulate Max Verstappen, recalling the difficulties that the Dutchman may have encountered: “What he did is exceptional, again this season we see the points gap with his teammate. There were races like Brazil where he was exceptional.”
“And even in more difficult conditions, it's difficult for a driver who has dominated for three years to find himself fighting for fourth or fifth place, but he doesn't make mistakes, he maximizes what he has. he can do it, and this weekend I found him brilliant again.”
Leclerc's blood attack does not worry Vasseur
Charles Leclerc got angry on the radio after the finish because he agreed to delay his stop while Sainz stopped before him, and the Spaniard took advantage of his warmer tires to attack and overtake him . The Monegasque said on the radio that to be “so nice, I'm getting fucked”but Vasseur is not worried.
“I'm not worried at all. I think it's always the same story, whether they have to make comments or not. They make comments during the victory lap and they don't always have a view of 'together. We'll discuss it and it won't be a problem.'
“We have to avoid fighting, but at this point I think opening the relay you have to be on the management side, and Carlos was already in the third or fourth round of the relays. I think it's more the fact that the situation was really difficult for everyone, but we will discuss it this evening. It will not be a problem.”
“When we spoke with Carlos about the pit stop, I explained to him that he was in the shadow of Lawson, Tsunoda maybe, and he wanted to stop, we wanted to keep him on the track. We talked and in addition to the exchanges it was a bit of chaos for the tires. But when they are in the car, they have their own vision of the race. Nothing to worry about.
