Full report on Vasseur's interview yesterday, as well as telemetries, data and radio communication to explain the misunderstanding between Sainz and Leclerc in Melbourne :
Original :
https://blog.autoplus.fr/moncet/2023/04 ... difficile/
Translated :
https://blog-autoplus-fr.translate.goog ... x_tr_hl=en
Subjects :
1/ The SF23 is "peaky" and this is the reason why it's easier for the drivers to extract its performance in qualifying conditions than in race conditions. The modifications made in Australia seemed to work, the car was more consistent, but confirmation is needed on another track
2/ The prep lap / non prep lap misunderstanding between Sainz and Leclerc explained. Sainz had no tyre temp for turn 1, lost 2 tenths in turn 1. Otherwise he would have been on 1st row and the analysis of the weekend would have been different according to Vasseur
3/ Updates for Miami, Imola and Barcelona. The strategy is to speed up the process. But no B-spec : first it's really difficult with the restrictions (Fred mentions the budget cap, bur for him the main restriction is the wind-tunnel time) and he feels they still have "tons" of opportunities to improve the SF23 and unlock aero points. They will see later in the season if they change direction for 2024. Once again, budget cap has to be taken into account when considering changes to gearbox or chassis.
4/ He talks about the "mega" RedBull DRS but feels they closed the gap. But they expected to close it more and need to understand why RedBull has something "different and better".
5/ He feels RB's penalty is marginal : less than on tenth, and the money they don't use can be spent somewhere else
6/ Vasseur says the mood is "incredibly good considering the results we have" including the mood between him and Elkann & Benedetto
7/ Explains some of the reasons for the review of Sainz's penalty