Ferrari, Frederic Vasseur attacks the FIA. And Carlos Sainz returns to success in Singapore

Ferrari, Frederic Vasseur attacks the FIA. And Carlos Sainz returns to success in Singapore

Ferrari team principal Frederic Vasseur has sharply attacked the different interpretations of Formula 1 regulations by race officials, particularly those on the time limit for the launch lap in qualifying, which he considers a joke.

“The biggest problem this season has been about the consistency of the decisions made, something we are talking about in F1 Commission said Vasseur during Christmas lunch in Maranello, quotes quoted by formulapassion.it – the priority is that the fans understand what is happening on the track. We can talk about track limits or the time limit for the launch lap in qualifying, which è was a joke. Russell è went to the stewards 14 times and è was never penalized. It means either that the rule è is wrong or that it is not enforced, but there is no point in having a rule and not acting when it is broken. I hope this is a temporary problem”.

Carlos Sainz, on the other hand, reminisced about his victory in Singapore, the’only one in all of 2023 that did not è go to Red Bull, and makes a comparison with the one he achieved at Silverstone in 2022.

“The victory at Silverstone in 2022 è more exciting, the one where you realize a dream, which è to win – says Sainz, again reported by formulapassion.it -. The one in Singapore is more about the satisfaction of having done everything perfectly. There have been practically one or two chances this season to beat Red Bull. One è was Singapore and the other Las Vegas. At Marina Bay the opportunity è presented itself and we took it. We didn’t make a mistake. And that makes me proud of myself and also of the team. To know that when there were opportunities; we took them“.

“If I had to define this season in one word, I would say Singapore. The truthà è that I was going very fast, even without perfect laps. I was using all my potential. And I knew that on the’last lap of Q3, going so’strong, I could take pole position. And then in the race everything è went perfectly and that gives you a happiness, a satisfaction with yourself, that few things give you. I have never felt more fulfilled, more satisfied with the’course of a weekend“.