F1, Vasseur: ‘Leclerc had the potential for the second row but made progress’

Rome, 30 August (LaPresse) – ‘Leclerc said he made a mistake at turn 10, which cost him the second row. But the problem is that we started too far back, we need to do a better job on Friday. We were too close to the limit with our times, but in the end it was a nice leap forward.’ So said Frédéric Vasseur, Ferrari team principal, to Sky Sport after qualifying for the Dutch Grand Prix, with Leclerc sixth and Hamilton seventh. "Hamilton had a great approach to the weekend. He's been pushing since the first minute of free practice, which is good because both drivers are pushing the car to the limit and giving us important data for set-up. The issue is that yesterday we were 1.5 seconds behind, and that was too big a gap to close. Why? We were outside the ideal window, and when one detail is not in place, the consequences are enormous. We'll see tomorrow what we can do in the race. On Friday, we had better race pace than in the time attack," he added.