Vasseur points to 'too many mistakes' in Ferrari camp

Another race weekend another disappointing result for Ferrari rooted this time in "too many mistakes" in Hungary insists Scuderia boss Frederic Vasseur.

The Italian outfit low-key display began in qualifying with Charles Leclerc clocking in sixth in Saturday's shootout but Carlos Sainz painfully failing to make the top-ten cut.

Race day yielded seventh and eighth place finishes for the pair, but also a few costly mistakes on Leclerc's side of the garage with a pitlane speed transgression that cost the Monegasque a five-second penalty and a wheel gun failure during a pitstop that also cost him dearly.

"It's not the results that we were expecting coming to Budapest, but I think it was largely compromised yesterday after the quali with a P6 and P11," admitted Vasseur.

"We had to take some risks at the start, starting [Sainz] with soft, it was a good choice, but we know also that after the start that we had to fit two set of hards, and it was quite tough.

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"And on Charles' side I think the race was probably much better because the pace was there, but it was largely compromised with the penalty and then an issue with the wheel gun.

"We lost another eight seconds on the pitstop I think, plus then the traffic. It would have been probably P5."

Vasseur felt that Ferrari had not made the most of its car's potential at the Hungaroring, not just on race day but over the entire weekend, and taking into account the Alternative Tyre Allocation trial that unfolded in Hungary.

"First, we need time to understand what we did right and wrong, because the format was different," he said.

"It's not so easy to analyse the perfect weekend, and you need to get all the results to be able to do retro engineering on this.

"But I think on our side, it's much more the fact that we made too many mistakes from the beginning to the end, but it's not just about the pitstop or the pit entry or the quali yesterday or the management of the tyres and so on.

"At the end the potential was probably better than what we showed yesterday and then today at least with Charles we lost 20 seconds in the race."

Vasseur believed that qualifying is an area where Ferrari really needs to improve in order for its drivers to enjoy better Sundays.

"It's not the results expected, for sure we were expecting much better," he said. "But it is what it is, and we have to work.

"The feeling is that in quali it's very, very close behind Max, and level with Max sometimes. We have to improve but we are not that far away.

"On the race pace Red Bull is miles away from everybody. We know also that the quali results is crucial to be in the clean air.

"Every single car is very affected with the dirty air. As soon as you are starting P2 you are in a much better shape."

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