The blame doesn’t lie solely with Fred Vasseur: a warning arrives for Ferrari about the Team Principal’s future.
That this season has been disappointing for the Maranello-based team is now clear to everyone. The statements made last winter had led fans and insiders to believe that 2025 could be a year full of success and satisfaction for those in red. Results that, nearly halfway through the season, have yet to arrive and could now put Fred Vasseur’s future at Ferrari at risk.
The current Team Principal’s contract is set to expire at the end of next year. It’s a situation that the upper management of the Prancing Horse has yet to address. According to several Italian media outlets, they are currently considering what to do. The former Alfa Romeo man’s stay is far from guaranteed and will heavily depend on the outcomes of the next few races.
A warning for Ferrari
Following yet another disappointing weekend for Ferrari in Montreal, Leo Turrini decided to take stock of the situation, also commenting on the rumours surrounding Fred Vasseur’s future. “It’s not like the SF-25 did anything exciting in Montreal. For once McLaren was beatable, and the Ferraris finished fifth and sixth. Either you’re a regime trumpeter or you stop there, out of respect (for ourselves, that is). Seriously, come on,” the journalist from Emilia wrote on his blog. “If the Scuderia’s last world titles—driver and constructor—are almost twenty years old, well, it’s hard to pin the blame on Fred Vasseur. Fred has shaped the team as he saw fit, but the 2025 results are discouraging. I’ve been saying and writing this for months. Fred must take responsibility and that’s that.”
“I’ve been a journalist since I was fifteen (!), and I never thought I could make Todt win world championships, so I certainly don’t believe my younger colleagues today can make Fred Vasseur lose them,” Leo Turrini added, commenting on recent criticism of Italian journalists.
“Ferrari’s 2025 is a disaster, no doubt about it. But I’m not asking for Fred Vasseur’s head. The reasoning is simple. If ownership believes Fred is the right man, they must extend his contract. No ifs or buts. We’re on the eve of a regulatory overhaul. If there is trust in his leadership, it must be made clear without hesitation. If instead ownership has concluded that Fred Vasseur is the wrong man in the wrong place, then he must be replaced as soon as possible. With Antonello Coletta from WEC or whomever they choose. On one condition, though. The 2026 car is already ready—or nearly so. If Fred is dismissed now, then John Elkann must publicly state that the successor, whoever it may be, will not be held responsible—positively or negatively—for any immediate results. Precisely because he will have had no impact on what’s already been done. Ferrari doesn’t need pitiful apologists. It needs honest witnesses of the truth,” Leo Turrini concluded.
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