The Singapore Grand Prix ended with a bitter result for Ferrari. A sixth and seventh place finish that, once again since the return after the summer break, did not reflect the performance seen at the start of the weekend. Team principal Frédéric Vasseur, after the race, analyzed the reasons behind the step backward observed between Friday and Sunday, pointing the finger at the overall execution of the weekend. “We arrived in Singapore with good pace during free practice,” Vasseur explained. “Then we lost quite a lot in execution. We weren’t able to get the best out of the car from the drivers. In qualifying, we were first in Q1, but we did the same lap time in Q3. That’s where we lost the thread.”
According to the French manager, Ferrari showed the potential of the SF-25 both in free practice and in the early stages of qualifying, but failed to consolidate that progress as the weekend went on. “Execution means exactly that: you have potential, but you need to be able to exploit it at the right moment. We showed that potential in FP1 and Q1, but then we weren’t able to put everything together when it mattered most. In Q3, we repeated the lap time from Q1; we didn’t follow the track evolution at all.”
The result was an uphill weekend, with both Ferraris forced to start in the midfield pack, where cooling issues heavily affected race pace. “Today, that was the main problem: starting in the middle of the group, we struggled a lot with cooling, from the third lap to the last. When we were able to push, for example during the laps with Hamilton, the pace was good—more than good, actually. But we only pushed for one percent of the race. That way, you can’t get results.”
A statement that perfectly captures the frustration within the Maranello team, which leaves Marina Bay aware that it still has a car that’s difficult to interpret. And as the calendar moves toward the final phase of the season, Vasseur and his team may already be looking ahead to 2026.
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