Amid the uncertainty round Fred Vasseur’s future at Ferrari, McLaren Racing CEO Zak Brown acknowledged that he’s a fan of the supporter of the Frenchman after he got here tantalizingly near securing the groups’ title with the Scuderia final season.
In latest weeks, Ferrari crew boss Fred Vasseur has been below a whole lot of stress amid options that he may lose his place on the Italian crew. The Frenchman joined the Maranello-based outift forward of the 2023 season, and the Scuderia has endured an up-and-down interval since then.
Following a profitable finish to their 2024 F1 season, Ferrari had been anticipated to contend for titles this season. Nonetheless, the Italian crew has endured a vastly disappointing begin to the 2025 marketing campaign regardless of signing Lewis Hamilton to companion Charles Leclerc.
Forward of final weekend’s Canadian Grand Prix, reviews in Italy claimed that Vasseur’s place was below menace, suggesting that the Frenchman may lose his place on the finish of the present season.
Requested to touch upon his scenario at Ferrari, McLaren CEO Zak Brown acknowledged that he’s a fan of the supporter of the Frenchman after he got here tantalizingly near securing the groups’ title with the Scuderia final season.
“I am a Fred fan. I’ve identified Fred for a very long time, as all of us have. I discover him to be very sporting, so I get pleasure from racing in opposition to him. He is very technical. He is a racer.
“He is in a number of disciplines of motorsports. He was one go away from profitable the World Championship final 12 months. So, I feel the outcomes, they’re profitable races.
“It is laborious to see from the skin trying in, however I am a Fred fan. I feel he does a superb job and virtually received the World Championship final 12 months,” concluded Brown.
Having departed from Purple Bull earlier this week, the Milton Keynes-based outfit’s former crew boss Christian Horner branded the Frenchman as “a really succesful supervisor.”
“Nicely, look, I feel in any organisation, stability is tremendously necessary. We have had 21 years of stability and that has borne the form of outcomes that we have achieved.
“I feel Fred is a really succesful supervisor. He is clearly managing what successfully is a nationwide crew in Ferrari, and with that comes expectation and stress. He is nonetheless comparatively new to the position, and it takes time to place the best processes in place, the best folks, the best tradition.
“There aren’t any silver bullets on this enterprise. It is about collectively getting a gaggle of individuals to work in the direction of one goal. And with Ferrari, there’s the added stress of nationwide expectation.”
F1
