Vasseur balks after qualifying in Qatar: 'Didn't come as a surprise'

While Ferrari did very well in Monza and in Singapore, and was also just one place off a podium in Japan, the team seems to be having problems in Qatar. Carlos Sainz was eliminated in Q2 already, and Charles Leclerc finished in fifth place, after the times of both Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri were taken down by track limits. Ferrari team boss Frederic Vasseur spoke about his team's result after qualifying.

"Unfortunately, today’s result was not too much of a surprise as we knew this track would not suit our car that well," Vasseur began. "On top of that, we also had problems managing the package we had as we didn’t manage to get the tyres working well, especially the Softs in the first sector."

Despite the poorer results, Vasseur is not giving up the fight yet this weekend: "Tomorrow, we have another qualifying session, which takes place at the hottest time of day, while the Sprint will allow us to gather information about our race pace with the track in similar conditions to the ones we will encounter in the Grand Prix itself."