Vasseur sees steady progress at Ferrari: 'We have already made a step'

Ferrari has by no means made the start they had hoped for in the 2023 Formula 1 season. However, team principal Frederic Vasseur has seen his drivers Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz, as well as the entire team at Maranello, working very hard in recent weeks to develop the SF-23.

"It's been almost a month since the last Grand Prix and in that time we have been working hard in Maranello on the development of the SF-23, both in terms of improving the current car package as well as moving forward with the planned updates that will be gradually introduced over the course of the coming races," Vasseur said in a Ferrari press release.

He continued: "Charles and Carlos have played their part, working in the simulator and giving us feedback. In Australia, we had already made a step forward in terms of pure performance and for Azerbaijan, we expect to move on from there."

The Ferrari team boss is not yet addressing the upcoming departure of race director Laurent Mekies, who will succeed Franz Tost as team boss at AlphaTauri after the current F1 season. However, during the press conference on Friday afternoon, Vasseur will no doubt be asked all about the news.