Ferrari Team Principal Fred Vasseur: Clear objective for the Formula 1 Grand Prix in Austin

Following the last two Formula 1 race weekends in Sepang and Singapore, the Ferrari team faced a barrage of critical questions. This was due to the Scuderia’s strategy, which raised eyebrows in both races. Team principal Fred Vasseur appeared annoyed in Singapore, but admitted – with regard to Lewis Hamilton’s missed pit stop in the night race at the Marina Bay Street Circuit – that: “Looking at the result, it wasn’t a good decision.”

Nevertheless, the world’s oldest F1 team has put in a strong performance, securing 66 championship points across the last two rounds of the World Championship. Only Red Bull Racing managed to score more championship points, thanks to Max Verstappen’s two victories. The Milton Keynes-based team secured 69 points over the same period.

No easy task for the Formula 1 World Championship contenders

Now the next Grand Prix is just around the corner, and the Circuit of the Americas presents a particular challenge for the Formula 1 drivers and their engineers, as Vasseur knows: “After two encouraging race weekends in Asia, where we scored some good points, we’re now switching to the American side of the calendar and kicking off with the race in Austin. The Circuit of the Americas is one of the trickiest tracks on the World Championship calendar because it features so many different types of corners.”

Nevertheless, there are high hopes of securing a good result. The Frenchman explains: “We’ve worked hard to make the progress we’ve seen in recent races, and this weekend we want to deliver another strong performance across all areas of the team. We’re looking forward to racing in front of our enthusiastic American fans and getting the best out of the SF-26.”

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