F1 | Vasseur admits: “Our pace is a disaster”

Alfa Romeo will need time to climb back from the bottom of the table. This is the point of view of team principal Frederic Vasseur.

“We had a couple of things in production when we left for Melbourne, and we took them to Spielberg. But obviously it wasn't enough.", he told Auto Hebdo.

“We're pretty good with race pace, but in qualifying it's a disaster but the team has to rStay calm, don't overreact and try to understand. We have to be realistic, it will take time, because there is also uncertainty regarding our budget, we have to tighten our belts until we have a better idea of ​​the calendar of how many races there will be."

It must also be said that to complicate things, there is the lack of competitiveness of the Ferrari engine:

“On the one hand we are responsible, on the other we are not. We can correct our part quickly. If we could qualify better, we could get some points."

Regarding Kimi Raikkonen, there is talk that he could be replaced by one of the two junior drivers in the Ferrari program, namely Mick Schumacher and Robert Shwartzman. Vasseur was asked if these rumors could somehow demoralize the Finn:

“It's certainly not the term I would use after seeing his race in Hungary”.