The previous driver highlights that the Maranello crew lacks a real technical chief
The phrases of the previous driver
“Since Vasseur’s contract renewal, Ferrari has collapsed,” stated Jacques Villeneuve not too long ago, and after the Singapore Grand Prix, Pino Allievi additionally emphasised throughout his Caffè column that the Maranello crew is in decline, calling for motion from the administration.
A yr in the past in the US, Ferrari achieved a shocking one-two end with Charles Leclerc forward of Carlos Sainz. This yr, nevertheless, there may be little hope that Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton can replicate that 2024 consequence with the SF-25, a mediocre automobile with no main weaknesses but in addition no actual strengths. Furthermore, the continued concern of raise and coast has reportedly examined Frederic Vasseur’s endurance to its restrict.
Riccardo Patrese believes that what Ferrari actually lacks is a technical ‘totem’ determine to depend on. “Ferrari is specializing in 2026 now, sure, however the issue with Ferrari is that they’re Ferrari,” stated the previous driver in an interview with Escapist Journal. “There isn’t any one there who holds the type of place Adrian Newey has at Purple Bull or Andrea Stella has at McLaren.”
Former Ferrari engineer Luigi Mazzola, talking not too long ago on Race Anatomy on Sky, additionally said that Ferrari lacks a correct technical director. That function has been assigned by Frederic Vasseur to Loic Serra, who arrived from Mercedes and has been operational in Maranello for a couple of yr now. Beforehand, the technical director was Enrico Cardile, who now works for Aston Martin — the identical crew that managed to safe Adrian Newey’s companies when Ferrari appeared to have the higher hand in negotiations with the aerodynamics genius.
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