Fred Vasseur on the assault
After going through many rumors about his future at Ferrari, workforce principal Frederic Vasseur of the Prancing Horse went on the offensive throughout Friday in Montreal. On the press convention between FP1 and FP2, adopted by TV interviews, the pinnacle of the Maranello pit wall doubled down, whereas not denying that his contract is certainly expiring and renewal discussions haven’t but began. Fred Vasseur as soon as once more pointed the finger at Italian journalists and stood firmly behind his folks.
The interview with Sky Italia
“Truthfully, I don’t need to waste an excessive amount of time speaking about this. I additionally don’t need to attempt to examine or perceive the place these rumors come from. However I feel it’s somebody attempting to hurt the workforce as a result of this isn’t nearly me. I knew very effectively and was conscious that I’d be uncovered after I took this place. However to speak like this about Charles… To say he’ll go away to go to Mercedes, when from the beginning of the season in each single interview he has mentioned he has a long-term contract, that he loves the workforce and needs to win right here. But these rumors hold coming again. For me, probably the most important half is when names of workforce members come out as a result of many individuals’s names are uncovered, and that isn’t proper as a result of they’re doing a great job. It’s not as much as Italian journalists to resolve if we should always substitute this or that particular person. And we should think about that these are folks, not issues, human beings with households, kids, and wives. You possibly can think about that once they learn within the media that Ferrari will rent ‘X’ to exchange somebody, it causes huge hurt to the workforce when it comes to focus and environment, and truthfully, I can’t perceive it. We must be supported in some way, we shouldn’t be thrown into the mud like this. It’s not proper.
My contract? I’m tremendous calm, however truthfully, the issue shouldn’t be me. I’m skilled sufficient and sufficiently old to make my very own selections. Once I joined Ferrari, I knew completely effectively the scenario can be like this. That is life, I knew my place can be probably the most uncovered. It applies to me and to different groups. Final week it was Christian Horner who supposedly can be fired earlier than or after Imola, I don’t bear in mind, but he’s nonetheless right here, so far as I do know. That isn’t an issue. What’s a a lot larger downside is on the subject of workforce members—that’s after I begin to get offended.
If my contract expires on the finish of the season? Sure, however we now have time to barter, to debate it. We could have time to speak about it and decide. We are going to do it on the proper time, and it’ll not be an issue in any respect.”
The interview with Canal Plus
“When names like these are thrown on the market, or hiring rumors are invented that by no means existed, or they are saying Charles will go to Mercedes subsequent yr, I feel the one cause is that journalists hope to get clicks and get seen by doing this. Or they do it to disrupt the workforce, or each. However in any case, in the event that they need to assist us or be near the workforce, they’ve failed, as a result of I feel the correct questions must be requested. If Ferrari hasn’t received for some years, we now have modified the workforce principal, modified the drivers, modified virtually all the things besides one factor (he means the journalists, ed.). My place is fragile by definition. It’s like a soccer coach. We all know that if you do that job at Ferrari or elsewhere, you might be uncovered. I imagine there are three workforce principals who change each season. I didn’t come right here pondering I’d keep for all times. I’m simply attempting to develop the workforce, to progress, to do issues with one thing.” – the French supervisor concluded.
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