There is no anxiety for the championship at Ferrari
Ferrari, as is well known, has not won the drivers’ championship since 2007 and the constructors’ since 2008, and it is natural that the return to success is the first thought in the minds of the fans.
Frederic Vasseur, team principal of Maranello, plays the role of firefighter well, as he has explained several times: he encourages the team not to get down in difficult moments, just as he keeps the team grounded after victories.
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And the thought of a title missing for so long could scare and block the work group. Vasseur’s philosophy is to think one race at a time and not generate unnecessary anxieties or expectations. The French manager himself told this in an interview with Auto Hebdo: “Is fighting for titles a goal? I don’t think about the championship when I wake up in the morning. If you ask me what the gap is, I have to ask Rita (the press officer, ed.): I don’t know the margin with Mercedes ahead or McLaren behind. I focus on the races one by one, and on development. If two years ago, when we were fighting for the championship with McLaren, we were nowhere at mid-season. So, in my opinion, it’s a waste of time and energy to focus on this.”
Ah, the Italians
In the interview Vasseur then returned to the passion that surrounds Ferrari and the many rumors that have always surrounded Maranello: “All teams have their own characteristics. We are Italians, and Latins and French are undoubtedly more emotional than Germans or British. There is something positive and negative. I knew this when signing my contract. I never complain.
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But sometimes the press had gone, directly or indirectly, against some of my collaborators. Reading on the front page of a newspaper that Ferrari is going to replace the head of strategy or aero, mentioning their name, I find it a bit harsh for my guys. It’s not right, it’s not useful, this makes the team more fragile. Imagine that your magazine wants to recruit someone else to cover F1: you yourselves would be the first to go to your boss to ask for answers.”
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