{"id":781016,"date":"2026-07-05T03:19:20","date_gmt":"2026-07-05T03:19:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/781016\/"},"modified":"2026-07-05T03:19:20","modified_gmt":"2026-07-05T03:19:20","slug":"wolff-emotional-vasseur-misunderstood-comments-on-ferrari","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/781016\/","title":{"rendered":"Wolff: “Emotional” Vasseur misunderstood comments on Ferrari"},"content":{"rendered":"

Toto Wolff reckons the \u201cvery emotional\u201d Fred Vasseur failed to interpret his comments about Ferrari<\/a> and its upgrades in the 2026 Formula 1 campaign in the manner that they were intended.<\/p>\n

This has been a developing storyline at the British Grand Prix, after Wolff revealed, last weekend in Austria, his surprise at the manner in which Ferrari has continuously brought upgrades this year.<\/p>\n

It came after the Scuderia introduced several updates to Barcelona in June, its second such package of 2026, leading to Lewis Hamilton<\/a> ending Mercedes<\/a>\u2019 perfect start to the year in\u00a0Catalunya.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re a little bit surprised that Ferrari can throw these huge updates at the car in the way they do,\u201d said the Mercedes boss at the Red Bull Ring.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn my opinion, they need to be running out of cost cap money soon, because we can\u2019t do that.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re simply lacking the buffer in the cost cap to be able to bring so many parts in the way they do.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Those comments clearly then got under\u00a0Vasseur\u2019s skin as Friday at\u00a0Silverstone saw him bite back<\/a> and claim that Wolff was accusing Ferrari of cheating by bringing these upgrades early in the year.<\/p>\n

\u201cI found it quite ironic coming from Toto and Mercedes,\u201d said the Ferrari team principal.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen Red Bull is developing or when Mercedes is developing, they are genius.\u00a0When we are developing, we are cheating. I think you have to calm down with this.<\/p>\n

“We didn\u2019t bring more parts than Red Bull or another [team]. I don\u2019t know if it was a joke, but\u2026<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you think we overshoot the cost cap, for me it\u2019s going into this direction [of accusing Ferrari of cheating].\u201d<\/p>\n

So that was put to Wolff after qualifying for Sunday\u2019s British Grand\u00a0Prix, where Mercedes\u2019 Kimi Antonelli took pole ahead of Ferrari\u2019s Charles Leclerc<\/a> and Lewis Hamilton in second and third.<\/p>\n

\"Andrea <\/p>\n

Andrea Kimi Antonelli, Mercedes, Lewis Hamilton, Ferrari, George Russell, Mercedes<\/p>\n

Photo by: Sam Bloxham \/ LAT Images via Getty Images<\/p>\n

\u201cFred is very emotional,\u201d Wolff told Sky Sports. \u201cIf you would have read my comments, rather than just a headline, he would have seen that what I said was an observation and would be interesting to see how much updates one can pull out at the end of the season.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut it\u2019s just the\u00a0emotionality that we all have and being passionate about team success, and I\u2019m fine with that.\u201d<\/p>\n

When then asked if\u00a0Vasseur therefore took his comments out of context, Wolff responded: \u201cI know it was misunderstood.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf I say things that I want to be understood, I will do so too, but in that case, I didn\u2019t mean it really.\u201d<\/p>\n

It should come as no surprise that this spat is between the two dominant teams in F1, even though Wolff and\u00a0Vasseur are known to have been good friends for several years.<\/p>\n

So there is the possibility that this might affect said relationship, but\u00a0Vasseur confirmed that will not be the case before telling Sky Sports Germany \u201cwe will have time to speak during the break\u201d.<\/p>\n

The summer break is set to commence in August after\u00a0Silverstone, Spa and Budapest.<\/p>\n

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