During the 2023 Formula One season, Frederic Vasseur was granted full trust by the Ferrari management to maximize the recruitment campaign aimed at strengthening the Maranello-based team’s technical capabilities for the upcoming seasons. In the summer, the team principal announced the signing of a “top guy,” most likely referring to Loic Serra, the current Performance Director at Mercedes, with specific expertise in tires and suspensions—critical areas where Red Bull has been making a significant difference compared to its rivals.
Fred Vasseur had hoped to lure Pierre Waché, Red Bull’s technical director and a close friend of Loic Serra, but the Frenchman extended his contract with the Milton Keynes-based team, aiming to preserve the technical legacy painstakingly built over the years. Regarding the nature of the cars, Fred Vasseur also emphasized that a team’s DNA doesn’t change overnight and that each car is the result of work over time, reaching a decade in terms of the “inherited traits” traceable to the group that contributed not only to the current car but also to its predecessors.
At the Christmas lunch, Ferrari’s team principal, Frederic Vasseur, revisited the topic: “We have already changed some figures, but I don’t like naming specific names; I have never done that. It’s not about one person; the most important thing is the group, and I am very happy with how it reacted during the season, including the drivers. Of course, there are always changes in individuals, and we are making them. We are hiring a lot. However, in Formula 1, due to contracts, there is a significant ‘latency.’ When you identify a problem and decide to hire, the chosen one arrives in the team 6 or 12 months later and works on the next car. Very often, when you make a decision, the impact is seen two or three years later.” – the Ferrari team principal concluded.
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