Scuderia Ferrari team boss Frederic Vasseur expressed satisfaction with Bryan Bozzi’s performance as Charles Leclerc’s race engineer after the first two races.
The days of shouting and misunderstandings over the team radio, sometimes leading to embarrassing moments between Charles Leclerc and Xavi Marcos, seem far behind. After six years of collaboration, Ferrari decided to relieve the Spanish engineer from his position as race engineer for the Monegasque driver, redirecting him towards “the development of other important company programs.”
Bryan Bozzi passes the first tests with flying colors
In his place, the Maranello team decided to promote Bryan Bozzi from the role of performance engineer. The Italian appeared on the pit wall for the first time during the Imola weekend, and the rapport with Charles Leclerc was immediately evident.
The first victory then came right in Monaco, at Charles Leclerc’s home race, with Bryan Bozzi providing precise and on-point instructions to the driver, also showing hints of the chemistry that has made pairs like Lewis Hamilton – Pete Bonnington or Verstappen-Lambiase iconic.
Frederic Vasseur also noticed this, and speaking to the Italian media in a long interview (which you can read in full here) he offered an initial assessment of the technician’s work: “Two weekends, very strong, without errors. He was also very direct and decisive.” – the French
“Monaco was not an easy race to tackle because, as you saw, it was a matter of management. A couple of times we had the driver asking to push more, and we tried to slow them down a bit for strategic reasons.”
“The communication between Bryan and Charles was very clear. The understanding was very quick, without errors. The collaboration with Charles, technically speaking, is good, but they have known each other for years. I would say that so far, the two of them are perfect.” – Fred Vasseur concluded.
Source: f1ingenerale
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