Ferrari team principal Frederic Vasseur shot down questions over the problem which affected the team’s cars during the Spanish Grand Prix.
Lewis Hamilton described his car as feeling “the worst it has ever been” after slipping to sixth place in the last race.
Ahead of this weekend’s race Hamilton said both cars had been “massively” compromised by the problem. However he refused to elaborate on the cause, saying Ferrari “don’t want us to talk about it much”.
Vasseur also refused to address the problem when asked during yesterday’s press conference. “When I’m telling you in the press conference that I won’t disclose, don’t come back 10 minutes later to try to understand,” he said.
“And the Friday after, to try to understand, I won’t disclose what’s happened. It is like it is. Full stop.”
Pressed for any details on the problem, Vasseur replied sarcastically: “We put the front wheel [on] the rear.”
Charles Leclerc, who finished third in Spain, indicated at the end of the race he understood the problem the team encountered. “I know why the last part of the race was poor,” he said. “I’ll explain, but there is an explanation.”
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Hamilton’s radio messages about handling problems in Spain
Lap
Speaker
Message
19
Hamilton
I’ve got massive understeer, mate. Did you take wing out?
19
Adami
Negative.
30
Hamilton
Yeah just no grip, mate. The rear is nowhere today.
55
Adami
The Safety Car is deployed. Hamilton slows downAnd box.
55
Hamilton
I’ve got a massive vibration.
55
Adami
Charge button on. And we are boxing. Let me know for flap when you can.
55
Hamilton
Uh, maybe that was too much front. Got massively oversteery. So, can go the opposite way.
55
Adami
We can go down four clicks. Copy that. Down four clicks.
55
Hamilton
Yeah. Take five. Got massive vibration on these tyres for some reason.
57
Hamilton
The front of the car feels so light, all of a sudden. Something wrong with that last front wing, I think.
57
Adami
Understood. We corrected for this stint. Diff mid three, suggestion.
62
Hamilton
The race restartsAh, got no front wing.
64
Hamilton
I don’t know what’s wrong with this car, mate.
64
Adami
Two laps to go, try your best. Hulkenberg 0.4 behind.
66
Hamilton
Yeah, unbelievable guys. There’s something wrong with this car mate it’s the worst it’s ever been.
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