{"id":294399,"date":"2025-11-19T08:07:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-19T08:07:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/294399\/"},"modified":"2025-11-19T08:07:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T08:07:09","slug":"jenson-buttons-fresh-advice-to-ferrari-chairman-after-lead-by-example-jab","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/294399\/","title":{"rendered":"Jenson Button’s fresh advice to Ferrari chairman after ‘lead by example’ jab"},"content":{"rendered":"

After Ferrari boss John Elkann encouraged his two drivers to \u2018focus on driving [and] talk less\u2019, Jenson Button wrote on social media that the Scuderia chairman should \u2018lead by example\u2019 in that regard.<\/p>\n

Following those comments, the 2009 World Champion has now expanded on not just the unique pressures that come with Ferrari, but on how easy it would be for those words to have been said in private rather than on a public platform.<\/p>\n

Button tells Ferrari boss \u2018it\u2019s very easy to find your racing driver\u2019 after public comments<\/p>\n

Elkann spoke at an event in Milan last week after the Scuderia ended the Sao Paulo Grand Prix weekend with a double DNF, neither Lewis Hamilton nor Charles Leclerc seeing the chequered flag.<\/p>\n

While exempting the team\u2019s mechanics and engineers, the Ferrari chairman told assembled reporters that \u201cthe rest is not up to par.\u201d<\/p>\n

He added: \u201cWe have drivers who need to focus on driving, talk less, and we have important races ahead of us, and it is not impossible to finish second [in the Constructors\u2019 Championship].\u201d<\/p>\n

Button responded to those words himself by commenting on Instagram:\u00a0\u201cMaybe John should lead by example.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Speaking further for the first time since that moment, Button explained how the pressure of driving for Ferrari is unique in the world of Formula 1, but with only two drivers in the garage, \u201ccommunication is the best thing\u201d to help Ferrari move forwards.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019ve always had a lot of pressure on them to perform,\u201d Button told Sky\u2019s The F1 Show. \u201cEvery F1 team does, but especially Ferrari.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019ve got the whole of Italy wanting Ferrari to win races, so there\u2019s so much outside pressure and internally for the whole team \u2013 and that\u2019s for everyone in that team.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo, I get it. There\u2019s a lot of pressure. But, I mean, John only has two cars in the red garage.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s very easy to find your racing driver and go and talk to him and say: \u2018You know what? That\u2019s not cool. That\u2019s not the way we do business. That\u2019s not the way we work as a team\u2019 [or] \u2018Well, let\u2019s talk about why you need to do that. You know? Why do you feel the need to be sending so and so this and that?\u2019<\/p>\n

\u201cI get it, you\u2019re trying to help. But this is how it\u2019s always been at Ferrari. And yes, we might be willing to change, but let\u2019s talk it over.<\/p>\n

\u201cCommunication is the best thing in anything, but especially in a team, when you have thousands of people working to develop a car, and you\u2019ve got two drivers that are two of the best in the world. Just go and have a chat. They have a lot of experience as well of racing for the best teams in the sport.\u201d<\/p>\n

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