The 2024 Components 1 marketing campaign will go down in historical past as one among Ferrari’s greatest 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 crew’s mindset, a course of that can be aided by Lewis Hamilton’s arrival. In the course of the remaining press convention in Abu Dhabi, the Staff Principal mirrored on the upcoming season for the Scuderia, which he believes presents a promising alternative.
Enhancing 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 could be a mistake to assume there is just one factor. If you wish to do an excellent job, you should concentrate on each single pillar of efficiency. Reliability, for example, considerations each a part of the automotive. This implies we have to enhance all over the place. Nonetheless, I favor to not make an inventory as a result of I don’t wish to level fingers at somebody or a selected group. I’m desirous about each single space and each single division within the firm. We merely must do a greater job.”
“This isn’t criticism; it simply needs to be the crew’s mindset. Each morning you’ll want to attempt to do a greater job than yesterday, hundredth of a second by hundredth of a second. That’s the DNA of our sport. In case you don’t have this mindset, you’re useless. I’ll maintain encouraging all workers to imagine all of them contribute to efficiency, at each single degree. We might want to do a greater job than in 2024.”
The arrival of Lewis Hamilton
Fred Vasseur has persistently emphasised mindset, each to journalists and to the crew itself. In accordance with the Staff Principal, Hamilton will assist reinforce the brand new id of the Maranello crew, bringing cultural and sporting contributions: “I feel it’s all the time vital to have folks coming in from different groups with a distinct tradition. This isn’t in opposition to Italians, the English, or anybody else; it’s simply that we’re in a area the place the switch of abilities is essential. As Ferrari, we’re considerably remoted, however it will likely be a giant increase for us. It’s already taking place, as we’ve employed some folks from different groups. I’m satisfied Hamilton will deliver his expertise, with 17-18 years in Components 1, a few world titles, and extra. He can be a giant push to keep up this mindset of making an attempt to do a greater job all over the place.”
“You shouldn’t assume efficiency comes from others or from one crew; it doesn’t rely on a single hero or anybody,” Fred Vasseur continues. “It comes from everybody, and that’s vital. 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 in all probability 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’d like this mindset to seek out each thousandth of a second in each space.”
Work in progress
The Maranello crew’s chief has all the time 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 have now an excellent alternative. We’re bettering 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’ll take a giant step ahead, and I’m fairly glad with the work accomplished 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 capability to react in troublesome moments, as a result of that’s if you see if the crew works as one. While you win, everybody is good and greatest buddies; these weekends are pretty straightforward to handle. It’s in powerful moments that the response issues. Each time, we have now reacted very properly. In June, we discovered options as rapidly as attainable, and everybody was pushing in the identical course.”
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, because of the inversely proportional allocation of wind tunnel hours and CFD: “It would in all probability be extra helpful for 2026 than for 2025. The brand new wind tunnel interval begins on December 31. I don’t wish to speak about all of the work we’ll do as a result of in the beginning of the brand new yr, we’ll proceed growing the 2025 automotive, however we are going to focus completely 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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