New Ferrari team principal Frederic Vasseur has dismissed that his side are already in crisis following Charles Leclerc’s engine failure at the Bahrain Grand Prix, with the Frenchman labelling the problem as simply a “teething issue”. The season-opening race was a nightmare for Ferrari, who were expected to push Red Bull all the way at
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After only one race this season, Ferrari find themselves in chaos, with multiple parts of the team unhappy with the current situation. Charles Leclerc was forced to retire from the Bahrain Grand Prix with an energy store related issue whilst Carlos Sainz struggled with tyre degradation and struggled to a P4 finish, behind the Aston
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Following last season’s struggles, Ferrari were expected to improve dramatically this season and truly challenge for the title. Their 2022 title charge was derailed by strategic blunders and reliability issues and it was expected that both of these problems would be solved under the new leadership of Fred Vasseur. This was not the case at
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Ex-Formula 1 driver David Coulthard believes Frederic Vasseur can use his nationality to his advantage in his role as Ferrari team principal, with the Frenchman not having to be “culturally aware” of what’s going on. Vasseur is the first non-Italian team principal at Ferrari since fellow Frenchman Jean Todt was replaced by Stefano Domenicali in
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Ferrari are one of the biggest and most successful teams in motorsport history and this comes with a number of benefits. The Scuderia have a secret ‘nuclear button’ available to them, something which no other team on the grid has the power to use. This secret ability is the power to veto and rule changes,
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Journalist Leo Turrini believes new Ferrari team principal Frederic Vasseur “has the duty” to run the Maranello-based side his way, with the journalist claiming that the former Alfa Romeo boss is “dismantling Binotto’s team”. Former team principal Mattia Binotto led the Scuderia through a mixed period whilst boss, with the Italian having run the team
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When Fred Vasseur was announced as Ferrari’s new team principal over the summer, some fans began to fear for Carlos Sainz. During his F1 career so far, Vasseur has often preferred to operate with a clear number one and number two driver, as could be seen with Valtteri Bottas and Zhou Guanyu at Alfa Romeo
MoreThe Bahrain Grand Prix highlighted a lot of issues for Ferrari, who had entered the season hoping to go one step further than last year and win the championship. Qualifying was impressive for the Scuderia, as Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz locked out the second row and were not massively far away from the Red
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Last weekend’s season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix was a nightmare for Ferrari, after Charles Leclerc retired from the race with a power unit-related failure, and the Monegasque is now facing a likely grid penalty in Saudi Arabia. After working so hard on repairing their engine’s reliability issues from last season during the winter break, there was
MoreFerrari team principal Frederic Vasseur is “completely convinced” that the Maranello-based team have what it takes to match and hopefully beat Red Bull, despite a massively disappointing Bahrain Grand Prix last weekend. Despite a reportedly positive pre-season, Charles Leclerc suffered a power unit-based reliability issue during the race, resulting in him retiring from third place.
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