The 2024 Components 1 marketing campaign will go down in historical past as considered one of Ferrari’s finest seasons within the hybrid period, as we await what 2025 has in retailer. Frederic Vasseur is already trying forward, emphasizing the significance of consolidating the Maranello staff’s mindset, a course of that will probably be aided by Lewis Hamilton’s arrival. In the course of the remaining press convention in Abu Dhabi, the Crew Principal mirrored on the upcoming season for the Scuderia, which he believes affords a promising alternative.
Bettering all over the place
When requested concerning the priorities for the brand new season, Fred Vasseur reiterated an idea he has expressed earlier than, aligning with the id he’s instilling at Ferrari: “It will be a mistake to suppose there is just one factor. If you wish to do a very good job, it’s essential to give attention to each single pillar of efficiency. Reliability, as an illustration, issues each a part of the automotive. This implies we have to enhance all over the place. Nonetheless, I choose to not make an inventory as a result of I don’t need to level fingers at somebody or a selected group. I’m serious about each single space and each single division within the firm. We merely need to do a greater job.”
“This isn’t criticism; it simply needs to be the staff’s mindset. Each morning you could attempt to do a greater job than yesterday, hundredth of a second by hundredth of a second. That’s the DNA of our sport. Should you don’t have this mindset, you’re lifeless. I’ll hold encouraging all workers to imagine all of them contribute to efficiency, at each single stage. We might want to do a greater job than in 2024.”
The arrival of Lewis Hamilton
Fred Vasseur has constantly emphasised mindset, each to journalists and to the staff itself. In response to the Crew Principal, Hamilton will assist reinforce the brand new id of the Maranello staff, bringing cultural and sporting contributions: “I feel it’s at all times essential to have folks coming in from different groups with a unique tradition. This isn’t towards Italians, the English, or anybody else; it’s simply that we’re in a subject the place the switch of abilities is essential. As Ferrari, we’re considerably remoted, however it will likely be an enormous enhance for us. It’s already occurring, as we’ve employed some folks from different groups. I’m satisfied Hamilton will carry his expertise, with 17-18 years in Components 1, a few world titles, and extra. He will probably be an enormous push to take care of this mindset of making an attempt to do a greater job all over the place.”
“You shouldn’t suppose efficiency comes from others or from one staff; it doesn’t depend upon a single hero or anybody,” Fred Vasseur continues. “It comes from everybody, and that’s essential. I clearly do not forget that even in 2005-2006, Lewis was like that, pushing on the small particulars. If we take a look at the typical hole between us and McLaren, it’s most likely a few hundredths in qualifying. We’re at a stage the place it’s all about particulars, and that applies to Crimson Bull and Mercedes too. We want this mindset to search out each thousandth of a second in each space.”
Work in progress
The Maranello staff’s chief has at all times been cautious to not increase expectations too excessive however positions Ferrari in entrance of the chance that 2025 will current: “Concerning subsequent yr, I feel we’ve a very good alternative. We’re enhancing collectively, and morale is excessive. This is essential. What I like is that all of us really feel we will do a greater job, and that’s essential if you wish to enhance.”
“We are going to take an enormous step ahead, and I’m fairly glad with the work achieved within the manufacturing unit. What offers me confidence, although, is above all of the progress we’ve made in comparison with a yr in the past and our means to react in tough moments, as a result of that’s whenever you see if the staff works as one. Once you win, everybody is sweet and finest pals; these weekends are pretty simple to handle. It’s in robust moments that the response issues. Each time, we’ve reacted very nicely. In June, we discovered options as rapidly as doable, and everybody was pushing in the identical route.”
2026
Lacking the world title by a whisker gives the small comfort of getting extra assets for aerodynamic growth within the first half of subsequent yr, due to the inversely proportional allocation of wind tunnel hours and CFD: “It is going to most likely be extra helpful for 2026 than for 2025. The brand new wind tunnel interval begins on December 31. I don’t need to discuss all of the work we’ll do as a result of in the beginning of the brand new yr, we’ll proceed creating the 2025 automotive, however we are going to focus totally on 2026 pretty early within the season. I feel everybody will do kind of the identical within the first two or three months after which resolve by the top of March whether or not to maintain engaged on 2025 a bit longer or not,” Frederic Vasseur concludes.
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