New Scuderia Ferrari team principal Frederic Vasseur pointed out that the culture at the Maranello team is not so much different as compared to his previous roles at Renault and Alfa Romeo, after his move to the Italian side a few weeks ago.
The French manager signed a contract with Renault back in 2016 and then later moved to Sauber as Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer alongside his role as Team Principal.
Asked about the differences in culture, Frederic Vasseur explained that the atmosphere is similar at Scuderia Ferrari compared to his former two Formula One teams.
“For sure everything is a bit bigger, everything is a bit more up to date, but you can feel the same atmosphere at the end of the day because it’s a racing team,” he said in a recent Interview for the Italian and international media – “The atmosphere that they had in Enstone, at Sauber or Ferrari, I would say that it’s not completely different – that motivation is the same and my job description is exactly the same, I just have to give them all the support to do the job in their best condition.” – he added.
His former team Sauber is currently going through a transitional period as Alfa Romeo will leave the team as a main title sponsor in 2023 and Audi will be joining as their main partner in a few years. The German carmaker has already bought a minority stake in the team, while motorsport engineer and manager Andreas Seidl has been named CEO ahead of the next Formula 1 championship.
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Taking into consideration the fact that the Italian side face several problems during the previous Formula 1 campaign, Frederic Vasseur feels that the Maranello team are still in a much better position than when he signed for Sauber six years ago, before the Alfa Romeo link-up.
“When I joined [Sauber] it was a bit different because I knew the facility and the factory from the past, and from the relationship we had in the last five or six years that it was not completely unknown for me. If you want to speak about [the] simulator, for example, Ferrari is in a much better shape than Sauber was – on every single area I think they are a bit more advanced. But it’s difficult to say, ‘Okay, it’s crystal clear that the [performance] gap is coming from this’.” – the new Ferrari boss concluded.
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