Ferrari team boss Frederic Vasseur invoked a familiar theme to justify his team's underperformance in last Sunday's Spanish Grand Prix: its SF-23 car's persistent "inconsistency". Carlos Sainz and Charles Leclerc were at opposite ends of the grid in Barcelona, with the Spaniard exploiting his car's single-lap pace on Saturday to set the second fastest lap while his teammate was a distant P19, suffering a humiliating exit from Q3. On race day, Sainz was unable to hold his own at the top of the field, let alone challenge authoritative race winner Max Verstappen, as he battled his SF-23's usual ailment: tyre degradation. Meanwhile, Leclerc, whose car had received a new rear end in a...
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