Ferrari chairman John Elkann displays on staff’s ‘tough’ season and Fred Vasseur’s new contract

Ferrari Government Chairman John Elkann has given his tackle the place the staff at the moment stand after a “tough” first half of the marketing campaign, in addition to reflecting on the choice handy Workforce Principal Fred Vasseur a brand new contract.

The Scuderia at the moment sit in second place of the Teams’ Championship forward of Spherical 14 in Hungary. Nevertheless, they’re a whopping 268 factors adrift of McLaren on the prime and have confronted a number of ups and downs throughout the opening races.

With this in thoughts, Elkann – who’s in attendance on the Hungaroring – instructed F1.com’s Lawrence Barretto that he’s hoping to see the squad finish this a part of the season on a constructive word.

“It’s the final race of the primary a part of the season, so it’s a great second to be right here with the staff,” mentioned Elkann.

“It’s a great second to mirror on what has been a tough begin and, extra importantly, simply put the correct foundations ahead for the second a part of the season, and actually guarantee that everybody goes energised to have a great break, which is required, and actually come again robust within the Netherlands.”

Requested to share his reflections on the place issues stand for Ferrari in the intervening time – in a yr during which Charles Leclerc has continued to be a long-term member of the squad, Lewis Hamilton has been adapting, whereas Vasseur is discovering his ft – Elkann defined: “We’ve had a tough season, and that’s the reason it’s actually necessary to make sure that we finish properly and we begin the second half very robust and filled with vitality.

“Ferrari desires to win, has received, will win, when it’s in a position to get everybody collectively. What’s necessary in Ferrari shouldn’t be the person, however it’s the people.

“These people, after they work collectively, they’ll do unbelievable issues. That has been very a lot the case in System 1.

“All of us keep in mind after we have been victorious, and we have been victorious as a result of there was a really robust sense that unbelievable people – from our engineers, our mechanics, our pilots, our staff principal – have been actually people that labored collectively.

“So it’s not concerning the particular person, however it’s concerning the collective effort of nice people who can obtain much more collectively.”

Initially of the weekend in Budapest, it was confirmed that Vasseur has been given a new multi-year contract, which means that the Frenchman will proceed to guide the squad after becoming a member of again in 2023.

Pushed on the explanations behind the transfer, Elkann responded: “We’ve actually labored properly with Fred, and whenever you work properly, it’s necessary to proceed working properly.

“The fact is that from the idea of those years, all of us need to construct extra, and we all know that, in System 1, occasions are such that what you really want is engagement, belief, and guarantee that the time is there with you.

“The pure evolution of the connection with Fred, that has been a really robust relationship and one you can really feel, and it’s palpable in Ferrari, simply the significance of how stability makes a big effect on outcomes. That’s actually what all of us need.”