Nico Rosberg Backs Lewis Hamilton’s Ferrari Claims: "Not Driveable"

“Nico Rosberg backs Lewis Hamilton’s Ferrari claims: “Not driveable””

Former Components 1 champion Nico Rosberg has backed Lewis Hamilton’s claims that the Ferrari SF25 is “not driveable.”

The seven-time champion had a irritating first day of apply forward of the Spanish Grand Prix, confirmed via his radio messages to his race engineer, Riccardo Adami.

Rosberg was trackside on the time as a part of the Sky Sports activities F1 broadcast. The 2016 champion, who was in place to look at the automobiles’ behaviours up shut on observe, shared forward of the third apply session on Saturday:

“I used to be on the market trackside watching Lewis and Charles, and I can affirm that the Ferrari isn’t driveable. It had extra understeer than the others, and extra snap oversteer. There was a bit extra of every part occurring.

“But they’re still in the hunt because, apparently, even with the balance problems the car is still relatively fast, especially on the long runs.”

Ferrari staff chief Fred Vasseur acknowledged the British driver’s frustration whereas talking to Sky Sports activities F1 following Friday’s periods. He defined:

“I feel we had an excellent tempo this morning, we struggled a bit extra within the afternoon. We had an honest lap with Charles earlier than the error at Flip Seven, it was an advance on P1. However the goal is to place a lap collectively, to not do some good corners.

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“Then we struggled a bit more at the beginning of each of the long stints. I think it was true for us but true for a couple of other cars. The track was very dirty with a lot of marbles. Overall, it was a long day and we collected also good information. It was the first time we were running the new front wing, and we’ll have a lot of work tonight.”

He added:

“The comments [from Hamilton] were a bit extreme on the radio today but he did also a strong last stint with the soft [tyre], in the lap time of the first two. It means that perhaps the car was not as horrible as he said on the radio. But again, for me, the comments that they are making in the car are not a drama, as long as they are back and we have a constructive debriefing.”

Rosberg questioned Vasseur on the problem of the SF25. The Ferrari chief confirmed:

“It isn’t a secret that we’re struggling a bit of bit with the steadiness of the automotive. We have now to enhance on this, however so long as we’re capable of appropriate it and to have race, then positive. Nevertheless it was the case the final couple of weekends.

“We have to improve on one lap, but I think it’s more tyre management and to put the tyres in the right window at the beginning of the lap, than something else. The balance is not perfect, it’s true. But it’s true for us, I also think it’s true for the others.”