Fred Vasseur on the assault
After dealing with many rumors about his future at Ferrari, crew 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 top 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 believe it’s somebody attempting to hurt the crew as a result of this isn’t nearly me. I knew very nicely and was conscious that I’d be uncovered once 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 stated he has a long-term contract, that he loves the crew and needs to win right here. But these rumors hold coming again. For me, probably the most vital half is when names of crew members come out as a result of many individuals’s names are uncovered, and that’s not proper as a result of they’re doing a superb job. It isn’t as much as Italian journalists to determine if we must always change this or that particular person. And we should contemplate that these are folks, not issues, human beings with households, youngsters, and wives. You may think about that after they learn within the media that Ferrari will rent ‘X’ to exchange somebody, it causes huge hurt to the crew by way of focus and environment, and truthfully, I can’t perceive it. We have to be supported one way or the other, we shouldn’t be thrown into the mud like this. It’s not proper.
My contract? I’m tremendous calm, however truthfully, the issue will not be me. I’m skilled sufficient and sufficiently old to make my very own selections. Once I joined Ferrari, I knew completely nicely the state of affairs could be like this. That is life, I knew my place could be probably the most uncovered. It applies to me and to different groups. Final week it was Christian Horner who supposedly could 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’s not an issue. What’s a a lot larger drawback is in the case of crew members—that’s once 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 may 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 12 months, I believe the one cause is that journalists hope to get clicks and get observed by doing this. Or they do it to disrupt the crew, or each. However in any case, in the event that they need to help us or be near the crew, they’ve failed, as a result of I believe the correct questions have to be requested. If Ferrari hasn’t gained for some years, we now have modified the crew principal, modified the drivers, modified virtually every thing besides one factor (he means the journalists, ed.). My place is fragile by definition. It’s like a soccer coach. We all know that whenever you do that job at Ferrari or elsewhere, you might be uncovered. I imagine there are three crew principals who change each season. I didn’t come right here considering I’d keep for all times. I’m simply attempting to develop the crew, to progress, to do issues with one thing.” – the French supervisor concluded.
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