During pre-season testing, Ferrari had no problems with the power plant, but Charles Leclerc’s car had to be replaced with a control electronics and energy storage device before the start of the race in Bahrain. In the race, the Monegask could have climbed to the podium, but retired due to an unexpected loss of power.
Frédéric Vasseur, team principal of Ferrari, believes that the team should investigate in detail the causes of this malfunction…
Frederic Vasseur: “It’s not fun to start the season in retirement. Ideally I would like to finish with two cars, but for now I want to be consistent. Two weeks ago I told the team that the season in Bahrain does not end and that the result of the first race does not matter anyway.
On Sunday the team experienced a setback, but now it is a matter of getting a better picture of what went wrong, drawing the necessary conclusions and moving on.
In general, the picture does not match the one we imagined before the start of the weekend. It is positive that we match Red Bull’s pace in qualifying, but we have to be realistic. If we want to improve the situation and win races, we need a perfect weekend.”
Source: F1 News
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