After weeks of speculation, Ferrari has finally announced Frédéric Vasseur as their next F1 Team Principal, to replace Mattia Binotto in 2023, making his way over from Alfa Romeo. But why Vasseur? Is he really the man to lead Ferrari’s F1 team back to become world champions again? And what does Charles Leclerc, Ferrari’s future hope, think of his new boss?
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I like this hiring a lot.
Let's not forget Sauber/Alfa Romeo finished so high because the Ferrari engine was so strong. All they needed to do was finish ahead of the other Ferrari B-team.
I hope he put a noninterference clause in his contract. I think Carlos Sainz wont be there long as a second. And Charles needs to cut the unforced errors. The problems are far from over at Ferrari.
I don’t think Ferrari will be winning any titles anytime soon. The problems run deeper than just changing the team principal and/or drivers. Those just tend to be the scapegoats (Arrivabene/Vettel).
Good luck Fred.
Finally someone who knows strategy and a great driver developer. Heavily favors LeClerc so that will bring tension
Let's bring honesty and integrity to F1 again and certainly, Fer and other teams will have the opportunity. Penalize the cheaters, PERIOD.
confidently made the wrong decision about Honda engines?
I hope he brings talented people from other teams and if I were him I him I’m looking outside Italy
Honda won both championship this year though!
Italian/French Pasta/Baguette A winning formula?
John Elkann looks like the actor Patrick Wilson from afar.
They should’ve gone for Alpine’s principal as Alpine did really well.
This video will age like milk
If things don’t go right then he’ll get fired too. How many people they gonna go through? Can’t lay blame solely on Team Principals all the time the drivers and those that build to car have to take some responsibility. It’s like when football coaches always get the blame even if the players others don’t always perform. Team Principals and coaches can only do so much. The rest is up to team to perform.
Wow thats a huge downgrade!!!! 😳 McLean will better Farrari next year with ease 😌 ✨️
If I were Carlos, I would have my manager sounding out other teams throughout the next year, maybe two. I didn't want him to go there to start with because Ferrari has long shown that they can't deal with equal drivers. They might try, they might even mean to be fair, but before long their instinct overtakes them. Actually I did not want Charles to go there for the same reason, but I understood his familial ties, etc. If he doesn't perform as well as they think he should, they'll bring in another number one over him before not renewing his contract. Remember how lovey-dovey they were with Sebastian… (I've seen them do the same since the 70s. Anyone would think that Enzo still ran the place 🤦🏻♀️)
It's not that I don't want either lad to succeed at Ferrari, or for Ferrari to succeed themselves, it's just history has a nasty habit of repeating itself there more than any other team. I want both "Charlies" to have the best careers possible (my eldest son is Charles – he's older than them by a couple of years – so I have a particular soft spot for them lol. And they're great drivers and lovely lads, so of course I want them to succeed).
However, unless Vasseur turns out to be another Todt and brings in a British or Germanic engineer in charge (or an ex-army sergeant from anywhere with a decent army!), I can't see much changing overall. A few minor things immediately, maybe a few more major things will be "trialled", but not the company culture. Much as I wasn't a Ferrari fan during the Todt/Brawn* time of success (I gave up on them after Alessi and Berger had enough of it all – those years were dreadful for Ferrari fans. They were dreadful for us non-Ferrari fans looking at them…), I have to admit their change of culture worked. As soon as they were bundled out the door, things went back to 1990 🤷🏻♀️. Nothing's changed since then.
*I didn't mention Schumacher for a few reasons. His talent was of course up at the top. But he had things that no driver gets these days, and that's days and days of testing/practice, getting himself race fit and working on the car's quirks at the same time. He'd do thousands of kilometres every year – more than most other drivers ever got the chance to due to Ferrari owning their own track. That was incredibly important as part of those successful years; more important than most people realise. Charles would be as good, IMHO, were things identical for him. A well-run team, top engineers & spanners, and all the track time in the current year's car he wants. Whether he'll be able to show how good he is under today's structure is another thing entirely, and it's not his fault. Mind, that just goes to show how awesome Mercedes and Lewis were up till this year! None of those "niceties", outside of the factory, yet equal success.
I always wonder does the outgoing boss have to leave the team altogether becoming unemployed or is the option of going back to their old job there….
Last Frenchman to lead. The scuderia was Jean Todt …Micheal ..:good times !!!
This video comes off as an empty fluff piece. Nothing about the problems at Ferrari or why Vasseur is different and will fix them.
Couldn’t take the pressure when he was at renault
Taking the top job at Ferrari is like deciding your F1 career is almost over.
I wish Vasseur the best of luck but the way the company is structured it is stacked against anyone succeeding.
E ora arriva la fine della Ferrari. Ciao.
My reaction as soon as I saw the title of the video
"Because he looks like JEAN TODT"😀😀
Take it from me this mean nothing
I hope he negotiated a good exit clausule sooner or later he’s going to need it
FERRARI's complete strategy team should be replaced.
I’ll believe it when I see it…
Vasseur to scrap ferrari engine program for Redbull Powertrains.
I have been watching F1 since the 1960s and I've never been a Ferrari fan but I wish him luck. Over the years they have mostly underperformed under most leaders. It will be a massive challenge. It would be great to have three or even four teams going for wins regularly.
Binotto organized a car that was mechanically and aero fast, easy on tires, and an engine that was powerful. Yes the engine started getting unreliable sure, but STRATEGY and pit stops were atrocious which is why they failed this year. And he gets dumped instead of the strategy team. That's F1 life I guess…
He will be fired in 2 or 3 years when they fail to produce championship results.
He'll be the right man until he's the wrong man.
Great choice !! No more bad hair days.😂
It’s amazing how many journalists were saying Binotto was the man to take Ferrari back to the top, that the structure was changing to a more Jean Todt era structure. The BS about team structure and heirachy and the effect that would have on the team’s functioning was just rubbish. Ultimately the most successful year for the team under Binotto was when they were cheating. With respect, you’re all just guessing now. As Christian Horner has shown, and to his great credit acknowledged, at the end of the day it’s not what the team principle does per se, it’s who he hires and fires that matters.