New Ferrari team principal Frederic Vasseur predicts that “everything is possible” for Ferrari in the forthcoming season, with the Frenchman having stressed that the Italians must remain “focused on the job”. Ferrari enter the 2023 season on the back of a mixed 2022 campaign, where the side failed to utilise the potential that their package had. The
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Ex-Formula 1 driver Emmanuele Pirro has warned new Ferrari boss Frederic Vasseur not to change much amongst the Maranello-based team, who started the 2022 season exceptionally. Whilst Ferrari started last season with two wins from the opening three races, strategic errors, reliability issues and driver blunders saw the Italians fall well behind Red Bull in the Constructors’ Championship.
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New Ferrari team principal Frederic Vasseur is hopeful that the current regulations and the budget cap will result in a “tighter championship fight”, with the Frenchman believing that Formula 1 is “going in the right direction” as it stands. The budget cap was introduced in 2021 to stop the likes of Red Bull, Mercedes and
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The 2022 season ended with a small victory for Ferrari, as the team managed to hold off a late advance from Mercedes to secure second place in the constructors’ championship. Charles Leclerc’s ability to beat Sergio Perez in Abu Dhabi also means he secured the runner up spot in the drivers’ championship, but the team
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The appointment of Fred Vasseur at Ferrari was reportedly set to be bad news for Carlos Sainz, who had proved that he could match and even beat Charles Leclerc towards the end of last season. The Frenchman usually prefers to operate with a clear one and two driver pairing, rather than having the team’s energy
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Frederic Vasseur has begun to settle into life as Ferrari’s new team principal, with the Frenchman having faced the media recently at the team’s base in Maranello. Vasseur has been brought into the Italian side following the departure of Mattia Binotto, who incredibly worked for the Scuderia for 28 years. The Frenchman began his new
MoreFerrari’s start to 2022 looked promising, as the team built up a healthy lead in both championships with clearly the fastest car on the grid. It was Max Verstappen and Red Bull however that ended up winning both championships by quite some margin, capitalising on a catalogue of errors by the Scuderia. Both Charles Leclerc
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Before he officially resigned from his role of team principal of Ferrari, Mattia Binotto revealed that the team had to tone down the power of their engine, just to make it more reliable. Ferrari were phenomenally quick over the course of last season, but this pace unfortunately means nothing if the car does not make
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Charles Leclerc and Ferrari were forced to settle for second place in both championships last season, behind they phenomenally impressive Max Verstappen and Red Bull. What made being runners up even more painful for the team was the fact that they shot themselves in the foot so many times, putting themselves out of contention rather
MoreEx-Formula 1 and Ferrari driver Jean Alesi has tipped the Scuderia’s racing director Laurent Mekies to be vital to Frederic Vasseur’s first season as the team’s boss, after replacing Mattia Binotto. Binotto resigned from the team principal role at Ferrari following the conclusion of the 2022 season, with the Italian having come under fire for the team’s “unwatchable”
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