Ferrari boss sends fighting warning to Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes ahead of Qatar GP Ferrari and Mercedes are currently locked into an intense battle in the Constructor Championship. Ferrari team principal Fred Vasseur has warned that his team will not be sacrificing their fight with Mercedes in order to get a head start on 2024’s car with the Scuderia fully committed to their battle over second place in the Constructor Championship. The Scuderia looked destined to move clear of Aston Martin but fall well short of second-placed Mercedes heading out of the summer break, but the team’s consistent performances combined with the struggles of George Russell have opened up the fight. While Lewis Hamilton is running away with P3 in the Drivers’ Championship, the Scuderia now trail the Silver Arrows by just 20 points in the Constructor Championship with six races and a couple of sprints still to come.  Speaking about the fight with Mercedes, Vasseur said: “You don’t have to postpone the fight, the fight is with Mercedes today, and we have to take it. It’s always the best way to prepare for the future, for the mindset of the team, for everybody to be into the fight is crucial. “And we’ll keep this fight until the end of the season. It’s never a sacrifice, because I think that performance is coming from performance. It’s too late to go into the wind tunnel for this season, but what we can do on the current car will help us for next year.” Despite claiming the team’s first race win of the season in Singapore and showing better pace relative to the Mercedes cars at Suzuka last time out, Vasseur remains adamant that Ferrari have shown pace throughout the second half of the season.  “Before the break, in Spa, we were also in good shape, but Charles [Leclerc] started fourth,” Vasseur continued. “He was theoretically on the first row, but he started from pole position and did a good race. “As it’s a matter of hundredths of seconds, sometimes you do a small step, you have the feeling that everything is changed. It’s not exactly the reality and from race to race and from track to track. Even the drivers, sometimes the setup is more fitting with Carlos or Charles. “It’s sport, in the end, you can accept that one is doing a better job than the others from weekend to weekend. And I think that we have a positive competition, and this is also helping us to improve.”

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Ferrari boss sends fight warning to Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes ahead of Qatar GP

Ferrari and Mercedes are currently engaged in a tense battle in the constructors’ championship.

Ferrari team principal Fred Vasseur has warned his team will not sacrifice the fight against Mercedes to get a good start in the 2024 car, as the Scuderia is fully involved in the fight for second place in the race win the championship.

The Scuderia looked destined to move away from Aston Martin but fell behind second-placed Mercedes after the summer break, but the team’s consistent performances combined with George Russell’s struggles have opened the door for battle. .

With Lewis Hamilton running away with P3 in the Drivers’ Championship, the Scuderia are now just 20 points behind the Silver Arrows in the Constructors’ Championship with six races and a couple of sprints still to go.

Talking about the fight with Mercedes, Vasseur said:
“You don’t need to postpone the match, today’s match is against Mercedes and we have to accept it. That’s always the best way to prepare for the future, for the team’s mood, for everyone to participate in the fight, it’s very important.

“And we will maintain this fight until the end of the season. It’s never about sacrifice, because I think performance comes from performance. It’s too late to go into the wind tunnel for this season, but what we can do on the car now will help us next year.

Despite taking the team’s first win of the season at Singapore and showing better pace than the Mercedes cars at Suzuka last time out, Vasseur was adamant that Ferrari showed pace throughout the second half of the season.

“Before the break, at Spa, we were also in good form, but Charles [Leclerc] was fourth,” Vasseur continued. “Theoretically he was on the front row, but he started from pole position and had a good race.

“Because it’s only a hundredth of a second, sometimes when you take a small step, you feel like everything is changing. That’s not exactly the reality, from race to race and from one track to the next. Even for drivers, sometimes the configuration is more suitable for Carlos or Charles.

“That’s sport, we can eventually accept that one person does better than another from one weekend to the next. And I think we have positive competition and that also helps us improve.

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