{"id":262989,"date":"2025-11-04T23:12:12","date_gmt":"2025-11-04T23:12:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/262989\/"},"modified":"2025-11-04T23:12:12","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T23:12:12","slug":"ferrari-ceo-issues-statement-as-ex-williams-boss-considers-politics-move","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/262989\/","title":{"rendered":"Ferrari CEO issues statement as ex-Williams boss considers politics move"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tuesday\u2019s F1 news sees a multitude of different stories, as we get closer to the Sao Paulo Grand Prix weekend at Interlagos.<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s not keep you waiting, here\u2019s our selection of the best of the day\u2019s headlines.<\/p>\n<p>F1 news: Ferrari CEO admits others \u2018seem to run more smoothly\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Ferrari chief executive Benedetto Vigna has ensured the Scuderia is still working together with unity, but did acknowledge some of the team\u2019s rivals do seem to execute weekends in a different way.<\/p>\n<p>Vigna said: \u201cThere are other teams where everything seems to run more smoothly than it does for us, so\u00a0we need to make sure that all the ingredients necessary to win are functioning properly.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will continue to work in a united and cohesive way because there are still four races to go, and we must give our best to see how things end.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.planetf1.com\/news\/ferrari-fred-vasseur-statement-vote-of-confidence\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ferrari boss issues new statement after Fred Vasseur handed vote of confidence<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Claire Williams MP? Maybe<\/p>\n<p>Claire Williams, former Williams team principal and graduate of a politics degree, has revealed she has considered running for public office in the UK, potentially looking to become a Member of Parliament for the Conservative Party.<\/p>\n<p>Williams told <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/archive\/article\/december-2025\/114\/matt-bishop-meets-claire-williams\/\" target=\"_blank\">Motor Sport<\/a> magazine: \u201cYes \u2013 then see what that might lead to.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019d like to drive positive change, to make life better for people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.planetf1.com\/news\/claire-williams-f1-return-politics\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Claire Williams considering shock career switch in surprise reveal<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Zhou exclusive: How Bottas compares to Hamilton, Leclerc<\/p>\n<p>Zhou Guanyu spoke of the way Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc work in a \u201cvery similar\u201d way to his former Sauber teammate, Valtteri Bottas, and how he is looking to learn from Ferrari\u2019s current driver line-up while acting as the team\u2019s reserve.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI feel like the way all three of them, the way they work, are very similar. Of course, everyone have their own way of working, but overall, I don\u2019t see a big difference in the overall picture. So it was nice,\u201d Zhou told PlanetF1.com.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the first year with Valtteri, it was kind of a little bit of a shock for me, because I understand how important he is in terms of just building up a team and also giving a boost for the people in the factory.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSince the beginning of last year, I was able to adapt that pretty well, and now understanding the way Charles and Lewis work, there are always things you can look up to and to be learning from, and that\u2019s what\u2019s also very important for me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.planetf1.com\/news\/valtteri-bottas-shock-revealed-by-ferrari-driver-as-lewis-hamilton-and-charles-leclerc-comparison-made\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Valtteri Bottas \u2018shock\u2019 revealed by Ferrari driver as Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc comparison made<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Red Bull admit \u2018price to pay\u2019 by going all-in on 2025<\/p>\n<p>Red Bull team principal Laurent Mekies acknowledged the team\u2019s approach to this season, by carrying on bringing car improvements later than their rivals, could potentially bring a penalty with it for next season, but he hopes the processes put in place now will be of benefit once 2026 gets going.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are doing it this way because we think, for us, let alone the other guys, it\u2019s a net gain,\u201d he told the media, including PlanetF1.com, after the Mexico City Grand Prix.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe validate our approaches. For 2026, if we thought it would compromise it, we would not be doing it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe know there is a price to pay, we think it\u2019s reasonable, and we think it\u2019s worth it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.planetf1.com\/news\/red-bull-willing-to-pay-the-price-for-f1-2025-development-laurent-mekies\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Red Bull ready to \u2018pay the price\u2019 as Laurent Mekies counters McLaren\u2019s 2026 caution<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Aston Martin hires simulation consultant<\/p>\n<p>Former Ferrari simulations guru Marco Fainello has returned to F1 as a consultant to the Aston Martin team, PlanetF1.com understands.<\/p>\n<p>Adrian Newey had previously mentioned the shortcomings in Aston Martin\u2019s simulation structures, which may be helped by this new arrival.<\/p>\n<p>Newey said previously:\u00a0\u201cIt\u2019s fair to say that some of our tools are weak.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cParticularly the driver-in-the-loop simulator needs a lot of work because it\u2019s not correlating at all at the moment, which is a fundamental research tool.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.planetf1.com\/news\/adrian-newey-aston-martin-f1-2026-marco-fainello\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Fresh Adrian Newey boost as Aston Martin hires Schumacher-era Ferrari engineer as consultant<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tuesday\u2019s F1 news sees a multitude of different stories, as we get closer to the Sao Paulo Grand&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":262990,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[573],"tags":[2495,64,63,817,826,813,816,818,44,918,85,819],"class_list":["post-262989","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-formula-1","tag-aston-martin","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-f1","tag-ferrari","tag-formula-1","tag-formula1","tag-home-page","tag-news","tag-red-bull","tag-sports","tag-williams"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262989","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=262989"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262989\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/262990"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=262989"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=262989"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=262989"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}