{"id":79097,"date":"2025-08-19T04:55:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-19T04:55:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/79097\/"},"modified":"2025-08-19T04:55:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T04:55:09","slug":"fred-vasseur-admits-he-was-really-angry-with-one-rumour-surrounding-lewis-hamiltons-2025-ferrari-f1-car","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/79097\/","title":{"rendered":"Fred Vasseur admits he was \u2018really angry\u2019 with one rumour surrounding Lewis Hamilton\u2019s 2025 Ferrari F1 car"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Ferrari may be sitting second in the constructors\u2019 championship halfway through 2025, but their season has been far more turbulent than the standings suggest.<\/p>\n<p>The Maranello outfit had incredible hype around them heading into 2025 following the signing of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.f1oversteer.com\/tag\/lewis-hamilton\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lewis Hamilton<\/a>. Many around the world, notably <a href=\"https:\/\/www.f1oversteer.com\/tag\/ferrari\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ferrari<\/a> fans, felt this would be what they needed to end their title drought, having lost to McLaren by 14 points in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>But after 14 races in 2025, the team are yet to claim victory. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.f1oversteer.com\/tag\/charles-leclerc\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Charles Leclerc<\/a> has scored one pole position and five podiums, while Hamilton is still waiting to stand on the podium in the scarlet red colours of Ferrari.<\/p>\n<p>   Position Drivers&#8217; Championship PointsPts    1    284  2    275  3    187  4    172  5    151  6    109  7    64  8    54  9    37  10    27 <\/p>\n<p>The SF-25 has proven to have a very narrow operating window, with the team struggling to find the right balance. Their lack of performance sparked several rumours regarding the future of many key figures.<\/p>\n<p>Team principal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.f1oversteer.com\/tag\/frederic-vasseur\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Fred Vasseur<\/a> was rumoured to be under pressure and could lose his job, with his contract being up in 2025. Reports even linked <a href=\"https:\/\/www.f1oversteer.com\/news\/what-ferrari-will-do-if-mercedes-try-to-convince-charles-leclerc-to-break-his-contract-and-replace-george-russell\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Charles Leclerc to Mercedes<\/a>, despite him having a contract in Maranello until 2029 \u2013 the longest deal on the current grid.<\/p>\n<p>Unsurprisingly, Leclerc has reiterated his commitment to the team, while <a href=\"https:\/\/www.f1oversteer.com\/news\/how-long-fred-vasseurs-new-multi-year-ferrari-contract-really-is-after-lewis-hamiltons-backing\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Vasseur recently signed a new long-term contract<\/a>. It gives Ferrari much-needed stability amid the \u2018turmoil\u2019 they had faced at the start of the season.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-2227365352-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Fred Vasseur of Ferrari on the grid at the 2025 Belgian Grand Prix\" class=\"wp-image-127592\" \/>Photo by Alex Bierens de Haan\/Getty ImagesFred Vasseur was \u2018really angry\u2019 over rumours that Loic Serra was doing a bad job with Ferrari\u2019s 2025 F1 car<\/p>\n<p>Speaking with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.auto-motor-und-sport.de\/formel-1\/frederic-vasseur-interview-ferrari\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Auto Motor und Sport<\/a>, the Ferrari boss discussed his dislike towards the rumours and speculation that have surrounded the team throughout 2025. He was noticeably unimpressed with the noise about the SF-25.<\/p>\n<p>Hamilton brought several key personnel with him from Mercedes to Ferrari, including Jerome D\u2019Ambrosio and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.f1oversteer.com\/tag\/loic-serra\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Loic Serra<\/a>, the latter joining as technical director. He has come under criticism for the SF-25\u2019s underperformance, and Vasseur came to his defence.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe turmoil was caused by rumours,\u201d he said. \u201cI didn\u2019t spread them, the media did. Neither Ferrari nor I spoke. But today, you can\u2019t avoid such disruptive fire. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t want to tar all journalists with the same brush. But with the internet, reporting has become much more aggressive. There\u2019s a pressure to generate clicks. <\/p>\n<p>   Position Constructors&#8217; Standings PointsPts    1    559  2    260  3    236  4    194  5    70  6    52  7    51  8    45  9    35  10    20 <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen these rumours first surfaced in Canada, I was really angry. Because they went too far. My technical director, Lo\u00efc Serra, was accused of not doing a good job. The 2025 car was practically ready when Lo\u00efc started working for us. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe story with Charles Leclerc was similar. Some people regularly wrote that Charles was going to Mercedes. Nobody cared that he repeatedly confirmed he had a long-term contract with Ferrari. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat has an impact on the team. In Italy, people react more emotionally. Without this background noise, my conversations with Ferrari would have gone much faster.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.f1oversteer.com\/features\/everything-you-need-to-know-about-ferrari-team-principal-fred-vasseur-from-net-worth-to-height\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Who is Ferrari team principal Fred Vasseur? Everything you need to know<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-2227782282-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Ferrari driver Lewis Hamilton on track during the 2025 F1 Hungarian Grand Prix\" class=\"wp-image-129408\" \/>Photo by Gabriele Lanzo\/Alessio Morgese\/NurPhoto via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Ferrari are hoping to turn a corner after the summer break. But the team are in serious need of a hard reset, especially with Hamilton\u2019s latest struggles.<\/p>\n<p>The seven-time champion endured a miserable weekend at the Hungarian GP as he qualified and finished in 12th. Hamilton was completely dejected throughout the event, even stating that Ferrari should replace him.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.f1oversteer.com\/news\/ralf-schumacher-reveals-how-ferrari-internally-feel-about-lewis-hamiltons-useless-comments-at-hungarian-gp\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ferrari are not turning a \u2018blind eye\u2019 to Hamilton\u2019s comments<\/a>, but there is no indication that anything will come from it. However, some <a href=\"https:\/\/www.f1oversteer.com\/news\/f1-paddock-insiders-now-agree-that-time-bomb-lewis-hamilton-will-make-early-ferrari-exit\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">English journalists believe Hamilton will quit in 2025<\/a> and end his F1 career.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.f1oversteer.com\/news\/juan-pablo-montoya-thinks-ferrari-are-now-realising-lewis-hamilton-was-right-all-along-about-their-2025-f1-car\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Juan Pablo Montoya thinks Ferrari are \u2018realising\u2019 their foundation isn\u2019t good<\/a> and that Hamilton was right to criticise their way of working. The Maranello outfit have a lot of work to do to salvage a strong finish and silence the noise surrounding them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ferrari may be sitting second in the constructors\u2019 championship halfway through 2025, but their season has been far&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":79098,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[572],"tags":[64,63,13275,826,13276,823,60350,806,805,803,804,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-79097","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-motosport","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-charles-leclerc","11":"tag-ferrari","12":"tag-fred-vasseur","13":"tag-lewis-hamilton","14":"tag-loic-serra","15":"tag-motor","16":"tag-motor-sports","17":"tag-motosport","18":"tag-motosports","19":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79097","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=79097"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79097\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/79098"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=79097"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=79097"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=79097"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}