“Italy Had Never Experienced Such an Indignity”: Fred Vasseur Comes Under Fire by Former Bosses for Chinese GP Blunder

Lewis Hamilton approaches the Japanese Grand Prix with a mixture of realism and optimism. After his victory in the sprint race in China followed by a disqualification from the Grand Prix, the Ferrari driver emphasizes the need to take a step back, while affirming his unwavering confidence in his team.

Charles Leclerc arrives at the Grand Prix of Japan determined to finally launch Ferrari's season on good tracks. The Scuderia only counts a victory at the Sprint F1 in China as a good result for the moment and remains on a double disqualification during the same Grand Prix which did very badly. Is he confident that the team has put this behind it and that it will not happen again here in Suzuka? "I am confident, because every mistake is a lesson…

The double disqualification of Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton in China continues to make her talk, but this time, the two drivers are under the spotlight for different reasons. After two races, how is the relationship between the new teammates going? Ferrari's team manager, Fred Vasseur, answered this question in a long interview given to the team. Managing the two drivers will give a lot of trouble to the Ferrari team's boss. Only two Grand…

Lewis Hamilton says that having to deepen the understanding of Ferrari’s new car settings is the main factor behind his ups and downs in his early races with Maranello’s. Hamilton and Leclerc couldn’t find the pace at Australia’s Q3 even though they seemed strong at first, and both had an irregular weekend in China, where Hamilton won the sprint after coming out from first place, but he was out of pace during Sunday’s grand prize.

Vasseur: Too early to draw conclusions after opening F1 races

The action-packed Sprint weekend at the F1 Chinese GP was full of highs and lows for Ferrari, even before the disqualification of both drivers from the race due to technical infringements.  Hamilton stunned in the Sprint race, claiming pole and a win. However, both drivers struggled in the sessions for the main race. Hamilton and Leclerc only managed to qualify in fifth and sixth, failing to move forward in the race and claiming those same posit…

“Italy Had Never Experienced Such an Indignity”: Fred Vasseur Comes Under Fire by Former Bosses for Chinese GP Blunder

Ferrari endured its most embarrassing moment in years two weeks ago in China when both its drivers, Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc, were disqualified in the hours following the race for two different reasons. Naturally, team principal Fred Vasseur was blamed. It wasn’t the first time a Ferrari car suffered a disqualification on his watch. Leclerc—for the same reason as Hamilton in Shanghai—met with the same fate in Austin two years ago, sugg…