Ferrari Chief Reveals Roadblock Ahead Of Azerbaijan Grand Prix

Fred Vasseur has confirmed that the team will not be bringing upgrades to Baku.

Ferrari team principal Fred Vasseur has revealed that they will no longer be bringing upgrades to the upcoming Azerbaijan Grand Prix.

The Italian squad has struggled to have competitive performance in the first three races of the season. Charles Leclerc was forced to retire from Bahrain and Australia and took a ten-place grid penalty in Saudi Arabia, meaning he has only been able to put six points on the board. Leclerc's teammate Carlos Sainz has managed to score twenty points so far after suffering from a last-minute penalty at the Australian Grand Prix which took him out of the points.

Ferrari fans were excited to see what would come after the four-week April break, however, despite initially planning to bring upgrades to Baku, Vasseur has now confirmed they will be bringing upgrades from to Miami. He explained:

“I think that we will have a flow of updates that some will come.

Not at Baku, because Baku we have the aero package for the level of downforce, [and] with the Sprint race it’s not the easiest one.

“But from Miami, Imola, not Monaco, but Barcelona – each race will have an update on the car.

“We are sticking to the plan, but we’ve made some adjustments, I think, in terms of balance and behaviour. It [the car] was much better in Melbourne and we’ll continue in this direction.

“I don’t know if you can speak about...it’s not a B-car, if it’s what you want to say. We won’t come with something completely different; we’ll continue to update this one and we’ll try to update massively.”

F1 fans are desperately waiting for racing to resume again. The next important F1 date is April 28-30 for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, followed by the Miami Grand Prix on 5-7 May.