“Not fast enough”, “inconsistent”, “balance problems”, the disturbing observation of Lewis Hamilton on his Ferrari

Third in the race sprint in Miami, Lewis Hamilton did not take long from the thinning in a very monotonous start to the season. A few hours after this podium, the Briton came down from his little cloud by signing a disturbing 12th place in qualifying for the Grand Prix, (Sunday at 10:00 p.m.). Charles Leclerc did better with an 8th position without ever being able to mingle with the battle for the first line.

Hamilton lists problems on the Ferrari

A new underperformance for the Ferrari clan, only 4th in the manufacturer championship. Charles Leclerc points to 5th row of the pilot ranking while Hamilton is dragged 7th, with a 5th place in Bahrain for better result. After qualifying, «King Lewis» did not take gloves to analyze the complicated situation in Florida. “The situation is that the car is not fast enough. The situation is that the window in which it operates … is almost impossible to see ”dropped the pilot at the microphone of Canal+ before detailing: “She is very inconsistent from one turn to another. We have problems with the brakes, problems with balance, a bunch of things. We do our best but even our best level is not enough. ”

The Briton short of solutions

What solutions then bring to the SF-25 distant by its rivals of the McLaren and Red Bull clan? Hamilton does not hide a certain helplessness. “You have to continue … at this level, I don’t know, you just have to keep trying”he concluded.

In the middle of this greyness, Frédéric Vasseur tried to bring a little serenity by remobilizing his troops. No question, for the boss of the prancing horse, to give in to panic and catastrophism. “We are going step by step but we progress. We try to identify our weaknesses. He has a very good understanding of what he does, but we do not necessarily have the same tools as the other teams and there is the fact that he discovers people and the environment of the team. He still has to acclimatize. But we are going in the right direction. And with Charles (Leclerc), they help and get out of course, there is good complementarity ”commented the French leader confiding in AFP by evoking the adaptation of the seven -time world champion to his new team.

Frédéric Vasseur tries to positivate and reassure

Vasseur wants to believe that the delay on McLaren and Red Bull can be reduced, if not filled. “We only made 20% of the season. We just have to keep a positive approach as we knew how to do last year “he insists. “The McLaren are a bit in front of us. But with Red Bull and Mercedes, we are in the match. We have to unlock this problem of settings and balance. McLaren left very, very strong, but we are only at the start of the season. I believe that last year we were 50-60 Red Bull points at the same time and we finished at 100 points ahead. It’s like football, it’s always better to lead to the 15th minute, but the important thing is to win at the end “detailed Vasseur before the sixth round of the championship out of 24 meetings. The half-time of the first period to use the image used by the boss of the legendary Italian stable.