Ferrari have 60 per cent more points than last year, insists team boss Fred Vasseur

Despite not being a fan of statistics, Ferrari team boss Fred Vasseur insists that his outfit's points tally is a true reflection of the improvements the Scuderia has achieved compared to last season.

Following a strong start to the season, Ferrari has endured serious issues that have held the Maranello-headquartered team's performance back in recent weeks.

The upgrade package introduced at Barcelona has re-induced porpoising, which has only been partially addressed and the team hopes that it will be fully resolved post-summer break.

Despite the issues with its recent upgrade package, the Scuderia achieved a big improvement, having collected 134 points more in the first 14 races this year than in same period of last season.

Ferrari endured a difficult start to its 2023 campaign, with Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz having only scored three and one podium finish respectively.

In the same period of 2024, the Monegasque has already won a race and added four other podium finishes to his tally. The Spaniard has also been victories this year, and stood on the podium in four other races.

Ferrari's team principal, Frederic Vasseur, acknowledged the progress made over the past year, claiming that his outfit has managed to seriously reduce the performance deficit to the field-leading Red Bull.

“I think in the first part of the season, all the way to China, Red Bull flew. Then there was a good sequence between us, McLaren and Mercedes.

"I think everyone has done a similar job, it is not often that at this point of the year there are four teams able to win the championship.”

“I'm not a big fan of the statistics, but we got about 60% more points than a year ago after 12 races, reducing the gap from Red Bull.”