\u2018It\u2019s the dream\u2019: Horner opens door to F1 return with Ferrari<\/a><\/p>\nVasseur said he expected scrutiny to come with leading Ferrari, but admitted some of the criticism had gone beyond what he considered reasonable.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen you take the role, you know the positive and the negative side of the job. I was expecting something like this,\u201d Vasseur said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat is sometimes a bit unfair is when you put someone under the bus, and I\u2019m there also to defend my team, my guys.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs I said before, when we are winning, we are winning as a team, but when we are struggling, I\u2019m there to defend all of them.\u201d<\/p>\n
He added that while the pressure itself had not surprised him, some of the attacks had become personal.<\/p>\n
\u201cHonestly, I knew what I would get on that. I\u2019m not surprised at all, but sometimes the attacks are a bit personal. It\u2019s not good.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe need friendly media.\u201d<\/p>\n
Vasseur agreed a multi-year Ferrari extension in 2025 which is understood to run through at least 2027, but his position has again attracted attention as the team\u2019s form has dipped in recent races.<\/p>\n
The Scuderia remains second in the constructors\u2019 championship and has won twice this season, although its inability to sustain its strongest form has increased scrutiny around the operation.<\/p>\n
Both Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc backed Vasseur ahead of Friday\u2019s running, with Hamilton insisting Ferrari\u2019s difficulties could not be placed on one person.<\/p>\n
\u201cUltimately, it\u2019s not a one-man operation,\u201d Hamilton said.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf you want to point fingers, point them somewhere else. There are lot of people above that also are a part of it.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo if you want to take something from this message: Fred\u2019s in his position, he\u2019s not going anywhere and I\u2019m here to stay with him. And I still believe fully in where we\u2019re going.\u201d<\/p>\n
Hamilton also suggested there were elements of Ferrari\u2019s wider structure he would change, although he stopped short of detailing what those changes would be.<\/p>\n
Those comments prompted Vasseur to be asked whether the organisation around him needed to evolve and whether he had sufficient authority from those above him.<\/p>\n
The Frenchman rejected the idea of singling out individuals and instead stressed that Ferrari\u2019s progress or setbacks had to be treated collectively.<\/p>\n
\u201cOn the comment of Lewis, I think it would be a mistake to finger-point someone or something or whatever,\u201d Vasseur said.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn the good moments, we are winning as a team. In the bad moments, we are suffering as a team, and I don\u2019t want to speak about a single individual or whatever.<\/p>\n
\u201cHonestly, I think it would be a huge mistake to start to not be unified.\u201d<\/p>\n
Vasseur acknowledged Ferrari still needed to improve and said developing the organisation was an ongoing process rather than something that could be reduced to one structural change.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe had a good beginning of the season. For sure, it\u2019s not enough. We want to get more, we want to win more, we want to win the championship,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut at the end of the day, we had a positive start. We are struggling the last couple of races, but we are hoping to come back soon with development and to be back into the pace.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ferrari at least found some respite on track on Friday, with Leclerc topping FP2 at Sepang ahead of Isack Hadjar.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fred Vasseur has spoken out on the recent rumours of his position at Ferrari. Image: XPB Images The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":619665,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[305065,3517,235854,111,139,69,213],"class_list":["post-619664","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-bahrain-gp","tag-ferrari","tag-fred-vasseur","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/619664","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=619664"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/619664\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/619665"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=619664"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=619664"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=619664"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFred Vasseur has spoken out on the recent rumours of his position at Ferrari. Image: XPB Images<\/p>\n