Final yr tyre administration over race stints was a serious weak spot for Ferrari, with a scarcity of consistency throughout stints and from set to set.
The SF-24 has been aggressive over lengthy runs on the first 4 occasions of the season, with Carlos Sainz successful in Australia and the crew making the rostrum within the different three races.
Nevertheless, Vasseur nonetheless needs to see how the automobile performs at different venues and in cooler situations after scorching climate dominated the early occasions of the season.
“I believe from the start of the season we’re a lot better on the tyre administration,” he mentioned after the Suzuka race.
“And degradation – we have been I believe in a position to do the quickest lap in Jeddah and Melbourne on the final lap. It was nearly the case as we speak for one-tenth, I believe.
“And I believe we did an excellent step ahead on this one, we labored so much on the weaknesses, and we improved massively on the tyre administration, drivers, technique, and the crew.
“And yeah, for positive that now we’ve another weaknesses, and we’ve to enhance someplace else for positive if we wish to do a greater job.
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“However I believe this one could be very properly beneath management now. However what’s true in the future, it is not true the opposite day, on the tyre administration. And we do not have to think about that that is completed.
“Subsequent week in China could have one other tarmac, completely different climate situations, and it will likely be a brand new problem.
Requested if cooler situations may assist Ferrari in its chase of Purple Bull Vasseur mentioned: “In China, we could have the chance to check in colder situations. However I do not know, as a result of additionally we did solely FP3 [in Japan] in colder situations.
“I am unsure that we’re in a greater form, you by no means know in regards to the engine settings, degree of gas. The deg was beneath management for us on Saturday, but in addition for them. And it was nearly the identical as we speak.”
Vasseur famous that the result of the Suzuka race, which noticed Sainz and team-mate Charles Leclerc end third and fourth, was pretty much as good because it might have been.
“I believe that the whole lot went very properly on Sunday,” he mentioned. “The technique was the great one for each automobiles, the defending of the place on monitor, tyre administration was beneath management, the pitstops went properly, the tempo was okay.
“I am very satisfied that we’d like a very good Sunday. And if we’ve to vary one thing, it is extra the Saturday that we’ve to enhance, relatively than the Sunday. But it surely was a very good job, and a very good teamwork.”
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