Wasser: I hope what happened in Canada won’t happen again

Frederic Vasseur always tries to come to Le Mans for the 24-hour marathon – of course as a fan, although not just a fan. Especially now that he leads the Scuderia in Formula 1.

At Le Mans he appeared in the Ferrari pits from the start of the weekend and spoke a few words in an interview with Eurosport before the start.

The questions were asked by Tom Christensen, a six-time world endurance champion who won Le Mans nine times during his career.

At the beginning of the conversation, the Dane joked that Ferrari fans were crying from a wave of emotions both after the Monaco Grand Prix and after the Canadian Grand Prix, but only in the first case of happiness, and in the second case of sadness. Vasseur grinned and promised that the problems that hampered the team in Montreal, where neither Charles Leclerc nor Carlos Sainz finished, would not recur.

“Yes, both weekends were special, albeit for different reasons,” he said. “I hope what happened in Canada remains an isolated incident.” Speaking of Le Mans, this season of the World Endurance Championship the competition has become much more intense, many teams have excellent cars and excellent drivers, and the speed difference between them is very small.

The lap times differ by a second to a second and a half and the race lasts 24 hours, so that doesn’t mean much at all, and the competition will be very close. The most important thing for Ferrari is to focus on themselves first and foremost and try to do the best job they can.”

By the end of the first two hours of the race at Le Mans, the yellow Ferrari #83 hypercar driven by Robert Kubica was in the lead. Red car No. 50 was in 2nd position.

But the second Ferrari AF Corse crew had already received a 10-second penalty for Nicklas Nielsen creating a dangerous situation during the pit stop, almost touching Sebastien Bourdais’ Cadillac.

Meanwhile, a rain front approached the track, the sky became darker and the asphalt in the vicinity of the Porsche cluster was already quite wet. One of the Toyota hypercars was the first to go to the pits to get rain tires. But most stayed on the road as the rain was forecast to stop soon. Further developments will reveal who acted correctly in this situation.

Source: F1 News

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