Ferrari have reiterated their “full confidence” in Frederic Vasseur as workforce principal after hypothesis round his future was fuelled by Christian Horner suggesting curiosity within the function, with the Italian marque making clear it “has made its selections” round who leads the F1 workforce.
Vasseur admitted after final Saturday’s Azerbaijan Grand Prix that the workforce have been “not working in excellent serenity” amid persistent and “irritating” rumours round his place on the Scuderia.
That was amplified final week by an interview with Horner printed in The Occasions wherein the previous Pink Bull workforce principal mentioned Ferrari have been the one outfit he would take into account returning to the pit-wall for with out the possession stake that he has been prioritising for any comeback to the game.
Within the uncommon step of a rapidly organized media briefing on Tuesday morning forward of this weekend’s Bahrain Grand Prix in Malaysia, a Ferrari spokeswoman made clear the corporate had full confidence in Vasseur to proceed operating their F1 operation.
“Ferrari’s place is evident and unchanged,” mentioned the spokesperson.
“Ferrari has made its selections and has full confidence within the management of Fred Vasseur and his workforce and we are going to proceed to take action.
“Ferrari has at all times attracted curiosity, it is a reflection of what Ferrari represents. We are saying this at present as a result of we need to keep away from gossip and hypothesis in Malaysia and concentrate on the weekend.”
The spokesperson mentioned the workforce’s assertion was responding to “not solely the piece with Mr Horner in The Occasions however subsequent tales which have been growing, not dying down”.
Vasseur is in his fourth season in cost since becoming a member of from Sauber from the beginning of 2023 and signed a multi-year contract extension final yr.
Requested if Vasseur retained the total help of Ferrari chair John Elkann and chief govt Benedetto Vigna and would keep in publish for the rest of his contract, the spokesperson reiterated: “Ferrari’s place is evident and unchanged.
“Ferrari has made its selections, it has confidence in Fred Vasseur and we proceed to take action.”
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