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Sebastian Vettel was also without a point at Imola, but this time he also found a positive in his performance. Charles Leclerc was happy with the result, but felt it could have been better.
Compared to this season, the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix was promising for four-time world champion Sebastian Vettel, but the Ferrari driver still ran out of a point. Vettel started again from the thick of the field, but stretched his first leg a lot, so he was already behind the podium winners midway through the race.
His wheel change, on the other hand, was ruined, sealing his career, but still gave the flawed co-worker strength after he was knocked down. “Don’t worry about the boxing position. Thank you Claudio, thank you very much [közös] during years. You are a true gentleman, ”Vettel said in Italian on team radio. Vettel had an adventurous run, twisting Kevin Magnussen after the start, for what happened with an injured front wing, but felt he could do well anyway.
“I was lucky, I came out badly from Turn 6, and then at the entrance to Tosa he didn’t leave me room, I couldn’t turn around. I wanted to avoid it, but we got stuck. Too bad, part of my first wing snapped and turned. Afterwards, the car looked good, even the front wing. [leszorítóerejének] it also decreased, ”said the Ziggo Sportnak.
“This time we were pretty good, but we didn’t make a good wheel change, which took away the opportunity to score. Otherwise we would have been good enough because we were out for a long time and then we put the hard rubber on and a late replacement would have helped warm up the tires at the end. Some people stood out under the safety car, I think we could have gained more positions, but that was not how it turned out.
Vettel also said that he struggles with traction, especially in the time trial, he may be in better harmony with his car on longer stages. Although he fell behind in Q3 again on Saturday, he believes it is important that his performance is improving and says that we have also made less progress in the race, thanks in part to his ability to drive on a clean track for a long time to get rid of the traffic. due to boxing tactics.
Charles Leclerc also performed poorly in the time trial, but the Monaco driver saved what could be salvaged and ultimately finished fifth in the race, although he lost points in the fight for fourth place in the individual points race against Daniel Ricciardo, who took the podium in Imola. Still, he thought he would be happy to see the result.
“Yes, I am quite happy. If someone had said before the race that it was going to be fifth, they would have been very happy because we were quite concerned about our pace, especially on the soft tires at the beginning of the race. In the end, though, It was much better than we expected, maybe in the end we were a little faster than Daniel. However, looking back I think there was a little more here and there, maybe I would have stayed a little longer on the soft ones. But So it turned out, it’s over. It was a little surprise that we were able to fight until now. I am satisfied with the fifth place ”.
Leclerc agreed with Vettel that Ferrari was going in the right direction with improvements, highlighting this as the biggest positive and praising the team, which could be strengthened through analysis.
“Seeing this development and that we can correct the mistakes is a good sign for the future. We have to continue like this, but looking at Mercedes performance, we still have a long way to go, he said. “I’m trying to drive myself in the same way that I drive the car, analyze my driving and improve every time I sit in the car.”
