{"id":22746,"date":"2024-08-06T06:28:57","date_gmt":"2024-08-06T10:28:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/?p=22746"},"modified":"2024-08-06T07:27:44","modified_gmt":"2024-08-06T11:27:44","slug":"fred-vasseur-next-races-will-be-much-better-for-ferrari","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/2024\/08\/06\/fred-vasseur-next-races-will-be-much-better-for-ferrari\/","title":{"rendered":"Fred Vasseur: Next races will be &#8220;much better&#8221; for Ferrari"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>Vasseur reveals why Ferrari can be optimistic when F1 returns after summer<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Despite a tricky few months for <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/2024\/08\/06\/ferrari-in-talks-with-former-mercedes-technical-director\/\" target=\"_self\">Ferrari<\/a>, team boss Fred Vasseur is hopeful the situation can improve. Vasseur expects the circuits immediately after the summer break will be well-suited to the SF-24. In combination with fresh upgrades from Maranello, the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/2024\/07\/23\/vasseur-defends-ferrari-development-record\/\" target=\"_self\">Ferrari team principal<\/a> anticipates a positive picture.<\/p>\n<p>Although Leclerc failed to convert his P1 grid slot in Belgium to a victory, Ferrari could take positives from Spa.<\/p>\n<p>The SF-24 was relatively competitive in race trim, capable of keeping <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/2024\/07\/24\/mercedes-have-their-sights-set-on-overtaking-ferrari\/\" target=\"_self\">Mercedes<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/2024\/08\/02\/mclaren-reveal-bold-upgrade-plan-to-topple-red-bull\/\" target=\"_self\">McLaren<\/a> honest.<\/p>\n<p>Red Bull were also kept at bay, albeit with some help from <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/2024\/07\/26\/max-verstappen-receives-10-place-grid-penalty-for-belgian-gp\/\" target=\"_self\">Verstappen&#8217;s grid penalty<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Along with these positives, of course, were some familiar sources of frustration for Ferrari.<\/p>\n<p>Whilst bouncing was relatively limited in Spa, the team is still working around a sub-optimal platform.<\/p>\n<p>The priority over the coming weeks is to correct past mistakes and begin a more promising string of aces.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"m97cYLFpSrZwrc2ef_b0zg\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/2142365800\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'m97cYLFpSrZwrc2ef_b0zg',sig:'ERSJjeBySFxoYU9_ZakT96fTyZG4BSeB8igukqbF7Ds=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'2142365800',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Vasseur: Next races should be strong for SF-24<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Speaking after the Belgian GP, Fred Vasseur gave reasons to be optimistic<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;To fix the bouncing is a step in performance,&#8221;<\/em> the Ferrari team principal explained.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;For sure, we are pushing like hell to bring something and we will do it as soon as possible.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;We have also I think a good sequence of tracks for us with Monza, Baku, Singapore&#8230; I think these are good tracks for the characteristics of the car.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI think that the most important [thing] is to score points&#8230; to not lose points on McLaren and Red Bull, and we did it [in Belgium].<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;It will be the same target in Zandvoort because I\u2019m convinced that the next three or four races after these two will be much better for us.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a id=\"o1Hh75GPRf9oqDslyDwp2g\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/2066796656\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'o1Hh75GPRf9oqDslyDwp2g',sig:'ZuDSFz7YPCll5Wzw2Uqxo3Seg4Ik0R-Y1OytBboGtv4=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'2066796656',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Ferrari still have time to unlock more performance from the SF-24 and return to fighting for wins.<\/p>\n<p>Even with the recent set of failed upgrades, the Italian squad are within touching distance of F1.<\/p>\n<p>As shown on numerous occasions this year, the pecking order can fluctuate from week to week.<\/p>\n<p>If Ferrari can <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/2024\/08\/02\/ferrari-prepare-season-defining-corrective-upgrades\/\" target=\"_self\">bring improvements to the SF-24<\/a>, they can re-assert themselves as contenders.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vasseur reveals why Ferrari can be optimistic when F1 returns after summer Despite a tricky few months for Ferrari, team boss Fred Vasseur is hopeful the situation can improve. Vasseur expects the circuits immediately after the summer break will be well-suited to the SF-24. In combination with fresh upgrades from Maranello, the Ferrari team principal [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4927,"featured_media":22752,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4,3],"tags":[2220,68,84,438,2250],"class_list":["post-22746","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-formula-1","category-news","tag-2024-formula-1-season","tag-f1","tag-ferrari","tag-fred-vasseur","tag-sf-24"],"modified_by":"Jaden Diaz-Ndisang","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22746","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4927"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22746"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22746\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22752"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22746"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22746"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22746"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}