Vasseur, in office since January 2023, tries to stick together. Because he himself wobbles increasingly – and already reacted irritably to critical reports for his leadership of the racing team. “What is partially written there is disrespectful for our team, and I don’t understand it,” the Frenchman, on the sidelines of the race in Montreal, expected a few weeks ago. “If it is only about spreading crap, it is not expedient as far as we are concerned. Because we are here in Canada, and since the beginning of the week we have been talking about nothing else. If that was your goal, you have achieved it.”
In general: Horner and Ferrari – can that work?
Because the Briton and his compatriot Hamilton, as opponents at Red Bull and Mercedes, used years of public hostility, exchanged tips again and again. Questionable whether the two sizes of the “premier class” could now pull themselves together in a team – but not impossible: Both Horner and Hamilton are considered absolute professionals who also subordinate personal antipathies to success. Also in connection with allegations of unmessed behavior towards a team employee, about whom Horner would almost have stumbled in 2024, Hamilton said critically about the 51-year-old.
So whether Ferrari ultimately wants to expect the Horner personnel unproblematic unproblematic? After all: he was sitting out the scandal last year. And he was also able to make the smoldering conflict with the mighty Red Bull motor sports consultant Dr. Helmut Marko and Vater Jos at least temporarily pacified. The affair is now considered to be over – which the Scuderia could also rely on.
Ferrari CEO Benedetto Vigna recently avoided at least a clear commitment to Vasseur and a possible extension of the 57-year-old’s contract, which ends after the current season: “Fred is our team boss, it is July and we are in positive conversations. There is mutual trust and we have time.” Time in which Horner is spoken in the background?