00:02Ferrari team boss Frederick Vasseur says the squad's first major upgrade for 2026 will be in
00:07Miami, with the Frenchman expecting similar packages from his top team rivals.
00:14The prancing horse has been Mercedes' sole challenger in the first two races,
00:18but has faded after lightning starts,
00:20meaning more pace is needed before it can go toe-to-toe for the podium's top step.
00:28Ferrari has brought just four upgrades to the car so far,
00:32with the team just one of five to bring new parts in China.
00:36Aston Martin and Haas top the list with eight updates to their cars.
00:43And Vasseur says the break after Japan will do the squad good.
00:50Let's push until Miami.
00:51We also have more time to develop and to bring more performance.
00:55He said
01:01Williams' team principal James Vasseur has admitted that his FW48 car is more than 20kg overweight,
01:08and that given the cost cap, the issue will need to be dealt with in upgrades throughout the season.
01:14Williams has been one of the biggest losers in F1's new era,
01:18despite the British squad's sacrificing performance last year for a step up in 2026.
01:23But Vasseur says that bringing the car to the weight limit will not be a quick fix,
01:28with development to be mapped out during the five-week break between Japan and Miami.
01:34So that period for us is about taking stock of what we actually really can change.
01:39Now, without attrition, we can count on the fact that production can be moved towards future performance.
01:44Some of that may come in Miami, some of that after that.
01:46It's no secret that we're overweight.
01:48Again, the developments will be in that period of time,
01:51making sure that we're able to reduce the mass in the car in a sensible fashion.
01:57Mercedes boss Toto Wolff says Max Verstappen's continued disdain for F1's new era cars,
02:02with their focus on energy management, is due to the fact his car is horrendous to drive.
02:10Verstappen has been a vocal opponent of the sport's new cars,
02:13and the counterintuitive driving style they require,
02:16calling them anti-racing, not fun, and like Formula E on steroids.
02:22But Wolff says from an entertainment perspective,
02:24the action between his Silver Arrows and Ferrari in China was good racing,
02:29with many overtakes, a contrast to Verstappen's fortunes.
02:36Max is really, I think, in a horror show, Wolff said in China.
02:40When you look at the onboard that he had in qualifying yesterday,
02:43this is just horrendous to drive, and you can see that.
02:52Williams driver Carlos Sainz says he doesn't regret moving from McLaren to Ferrari in 2021,
02:58even though he could see at the time the squad was on its way up,
03:01given the quality of its people.
03:04Sainz left McLaren for a dream drive at Ferrari in 2021,
03:08with the Spaniard admitting there are people,
03:10like Andreas Stella and aero-technical director Peter Pedromu,
03:14he would have loved to have taken with him.
03:17But Sainz told F1's official podcast, Beyond the Grid,
03:21the Maranello move made sense at the time,
03:23and that he's happy his friend Lando Norris won last year's driver's title.
03:31In 2023, while I was still winning races in Ferrari,
03:35McLaren were still almost dead last in the qualifying and the race of Bahrain.
03:40And what I would have thought back then,
03:42like, how can I, I would be winning races with Ferrari,
03:45like, and I think it was the right thing to do at the right time,
03:49and the only thing I feel is happiness for the team.
03:52I'm going to be winning.
03:52I'm going to be winning.
03:52I'm going to be winning.
03:52I'm going to be winning.
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