From the tense atmosphere surrounding Ferrari to the ownership’s confidence in the team principal: Fred Vasseur calls for calm and announces updates
At the end of the Canadian Grand Prix, the Ferrari team principal spoke comprehensively: from car updates to the ownership’s support for him, Fred Vasseur tried to promote calm in the midst of a turbulent period.
Forget the updates—Ferrari’s problem lies elsewhere
Speaking to Sky Italia, the French team boss addressed several topics, starting with the differing viewpoints between the team and Charles Leclerc regarding the Canadian GP’s strategy: “Could we have done better with a different plan? I don’t think so. If we look at the top five, they all made two stops—I don’t think that’s the issue. We made too many mistakes this weekend, from Friday through qualifying to Lewis’s problem in the race: it’s a bit much for a single weekend.”
“The pace isn’t that far off; the problem arises when you can’t put everything together,” Fred Vasseur explained. “But we don’t need to overturn everything. If we redid the weekend without losing FP2, maybe Sunday would’ve turned out differently.”
The adjustments to the SF-25 are not the real focus of Ferrari’s issues. The Cavallino team principal is convinced of this. The French manager announced some adjustments are being finalized but downplayed their importance: “When will we bring updates to the car? We’ll have some soon, but I don’t think that’s the main problem. I don’t think the others are bringing updates every weekend. We need to focus on ourselves and deliver a clean job over the weekend.” – he explained at the end of the Montreal race.
Fred Vasseur urges calm: “Ownership is not a problem, now we must work as a team”
“Do we need to restore calm in the team? I don’t want to go back to old statements. The atmosphere around the team right now doesn’t help. We’re not under pressure, but there’s tension. And when you have to fight a close battle in these conditions, you can’t do your best and risk making too many mistakes.” – he pointed out.
Among the many rumors surrounding the team, many in recent weeks have focused on the relationship between Ferrari’s upper management and Fred Vasseur himself. “Ownership is not a problem—I feel their support. The most important thing now is to work as a team, even if we sometimes lose focus. We don’t need revolutions. Look at Mercedes: they had three very difficult weekends, and today they won.” – the Ferrari team boss concluded.
