Fred Vasseur admits anger over Ferrari sacking rumors

Fred Vasseur, the Ferrari director, has openly admitted helium was "really angry" astir rumors of his alleged sacking that surfaced earlier helium signed a caller declaration with the team.

During the contention play successful Canada, the Italian media dispersed rumors that Ferrari was earnestly considering a alteration astatine the caput of the squad aft the 2025 play did not commencement with victories. 

Speculations lasted for weeks, and culminated earlier the Hungarian Grand Prix, erstwhile it was yet confirmed that Vasseur had signed a multi-year hold of practice with the squad from Maranello.

Exchange rumors and Leclerc's future

According to reports, Antonello Coletta, caput of Ferrari's WEC program, was mentioned arsenic a imaginable alternative, portion Ferrari adjacent contacted Christian Horner earlier this twelvemonth earlier his departure from Red Bull. In addition, the media fueled the stories astir the aboriginal of Charles Leclerc, adjacent though the operator from Monaco signed a multi-year declaration astatine the opening of 2024. Some sources claimed that helium could extremity up astatine Mercedes oregon Aston Martin.

Vasseur emphasized that helium was peculiarly disturbed that the rumors went "too far", due to the fact that isolated from him, they besides called into question the enactment of method manager Loic Serra, who arrived successful Maranello lone successful October past year.

Speaking to Germany's Auto Motor und Sport, Vasseur said:

"The rumors caused an uproar. I didn't dispersed them, the media did. Neither Ferrari nor I said anything."

He added:

"I don't privation to enactment each journalists successful the aforesaid basket, but with the Internet, reporting has go overmuch much aggressive. There is unit to make clicks."

Vasseur revealed that it each deed him already successful Canada:

"When those rumors archetypal appeared successful Canada, I was truly aggravated due to the fact that they went excessively far. My method manager Loic Serra was accused of not doing well, and the car for 2025 was practically finished erstwhile Loic started moving for us. The communicative with Charles Leclerc was similar. Some regularly wrote that Charles was going to Mercedes. No 1 cared that helium kept repeating that helium had a semipermanent declaration with Ferrari."

The Frenchman besides admitted that the rumors slowed down his statement with the team:

"Without each that commotion, my talks with Ferrari would person gone overmuch faster," helium noted.

He made it wide that the speculations affected not lone his reputation, but besides the morale and stableness of the full team. 

"In Italy, radical respond much emotionally," helium added, explaining wherefore specified stories tin person heavy repercussions wrong Ferrari.