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- What's surprising is that when Vasseur signed his contract with Ferrari, it was a 3-year deal. A contract that ends at the dawn of new regulations, and we recall that John Elkann declared in 2022 that Ferrari's ambition was to have a winning team by 2026.
- What we can think is that the internal struggles that we have already seen in the past within Ferrari are still relevant. When Vasseur arrived, it was Binotto's team. Now, he has brought many of his men (second and third-tier engineers), Loïc Serra, Jérôme d'Ambrosio and Lewis Hamilton. From what we understand, with the support of d'Ambrosio and Lewis, Vasseur is trying to do a total reset of Gestione Sportiva.
- Lewis Hamilton's words after Canada point in this direction. Vasseur may be going even harder than expected. Many of Binotto's loyal engineers have left. And Vasseur is trying to build the Ferrari he wants, perhaps the one Lewis Hamilton also wants. What we really hope to avoid is a new power struggle between those who stayed (close to Binotto) who seek to spread negative thoughts and those who arrived with Vasseur and want to follow the renewal. That would be serious because it destabilizes a stability that is necessary today.
- Seeing Lewis Hamilton appear a little "depressed" by the results on the track is not necessarily a bad thing. On the contrary, it means that he cares, he wants to transform this Ferrari from the inside out, with the support of Vasseur. Change the mentality: the timing of improvements to the car, operations on the track, the way of communicating.
- John Elkann chose Vasseur himself in 2022. Also due to a lack of alternatives: the first plan was Christian Horner (refused), Andreas Seidl (refused)... and Antonello Coletta. Coletta has already said no twice to Elkann. Never two without three, but he thinks it would be difficult to refuse if the offer comes to the table. If Elkann chooses to put Coletta, it would be a risk of entering a period of a bit of "emergency". Because the other name circulating is that of Christian Horner, even if all sources say that he is firmly attached to his position at Red Bull.
- What also comes into play is recruitment, which is very complicated at Ferrari. Ferrari is almost the only team completely outside England, and engineers have to move from one country to another to join Maranello. If Vasseur really needs to be replaced, then we need to go for a name of international class. A name that has a huge impact, like Christian Horner. So, yes, the change makes sense.
- Currently, no source knows what John Elkann has in mind. Even the latest articles that have come out, it's not very close to reality. It's important that John Elkann chooses to renew Vasseur's contract for three more years so that he can continue his process and turn Scuderia Ferrari into a new team. Something that no one has had the opportunity to do in recent years at Ferrari. Vasseur has this carte blanche. Arrivabene and Binotto didn't have the time and power that Vasseur has today.
- We are heading into extremely important weeks and months for the future of Ferrari. No one yet knows what John Elkann plans to do. Vasseur is experiencing his first media crisis since joining Ferrari. He will have to perform well in facing the media and, with the help of the two drivers, convince John Elkann to secure a new contract.
