Ferrari team principal Fred Vasseur says the Italian outfit’s underperformance in the Azerbaijan Grand Prix was rooted in its qualifying woes, while the Frenchman lifted the lid on the late-race team orders that saw Charles Leclerc step aside for Lewis Hamilton. But as the race unfolded, Ferrari believed that Hamilton’s hard tyre strategy offered a greater chance to reel in McLaren’s Lando Norris up ahead. After the race, Vasseur provided clarity on the strategic calls that shaped Ferrari’s outcome in Baku. The end result saw Hamilton classified just 0.4s ahead of Leclerc in eighth, leaving the Monegasque ninth. “If we lost something, it was yesterday, not today,” he said, pointing to Saturday’s dramatic qualifying session that saw Hamilton bow out in Q2 and Leclerc crash in Q3.