A difficult first a part of the seasonFerrari’s president, John Elkann, was current on the circuit on the Friday of the Hungarian Grand Prix weekend and made no effort to downplay the intense difficulties confronted by Scuderia Ferrari all through the primary 14 rounds of the 2025 FIA System One World Championship.
Regardless of being second within the constructors’ standings, the Ferrari crew is trailing championship leaders McLaren by a staggering 299 factors. The Maranello-based squad presently holds solely a slim 24-point benefit over third-placed Mercedes. What makes the scenario much more irritating for Ferrari followers is the crew’s restricted success to this point: not a single race victory and just one pole place, secured by Charles Leclerc throughout qualifying on the Hungaroring in Budapest.
Fred Vasseur speaks about his driversIn a latest interview with Spanish broadcaster DAZN, Ferrari crew principal Frederic Vasseur took a second to reward Charles Leclerc, who has emerged as a gradual and dependable pressure for the Italian crew throughout a turbulent marketing campaign.
“In a season like this,” stated Fred Vasseur, “when expectations are sky-high after which you end up going by way of a really tough patch, it’s extraordinarily simple for somebody to surrender. However Charles Leclerc by no means did that. He all the time continued to offer his most effort. He has remained completely dedicated, supporting your entire crew and constructing a powerful working relationship together with his team-mate Lewis Hamilton.”
The French supervisor then addressed the scenario of seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton, who joined Ferrari in 2025 after a legendary profession with the Mercedes crew. Vasseur was candid in his evaluation of how issues unfolded for the British driver: “We underestimated the problem Lewis needed to face at first of the season. In any case, he got here from spending greater than 20 years inside the Mercedes setting, which formed his skilled life and habits. Altering all of that in a single day is much from easy.”
Fred Vasseur admitted that each he and Hamilton had not absolutely appreciated the complexity of such a transition. “Each Lewis and I underestimated what that change would really imply—from the tradition to the folks, from working methodologies to each day interactions. It was a deeper shift than we anticipated.”
A decided mindset for the second half of 2025Although McLaren have to this point dominated the 2025 System 1 season, claiming 11 wins out of the 14 races held up to now, Frederic Vasseur stays decided to steer Ferrari to a stronger end in the course of the the rest of the yr.
“I nonetheless wish to win some Grands Prix earlier than this season ends,” Fred Vasseur emphasised. “We should extract absolutely the most from what we presently have. That’s our aim transferring ahead.”
Aug 6, 2025
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