Fred Vasseur believes that Lewis Hamilton and Ferrari each wanted “time to be on the identical web page” when it got here to sure particulars because the partnership between the 2 sides started this season.
Hamilton took the F1 world abruptly when his headline swap to the Scuderia on a multi-year deal ranging from 2025 was introduced forward of the 2024 marketing campaign getting underway, bringing his intensive and massively profitable relationship with Mercedes to an finish.
The seven-time World Champion has confronted combined fortunes throughout his debut season as a Ferrari driver however not too long ago shared constructive feedback about how he’s adapting to the SF-25, having said after the United States Grand Prix: “I’m lastly feeling like I’m on prime of the automobile.”
Requested one week later in Mexico about how a lot work had gone into Hamilton and the group reaching this level, Vasseur defined the significance of making certain that the squad are on prime of each element given how shut the competitors is.
“It’s like this from the start of the season, that the sector is mega, mega tight this yr, that you’ve guys shifting from P18 generally to P3 or P4,” mentioned Vasseur. “It implies that should you depart one thing on the desk, you might be dropping positions.
“Lewis wanted – and the group wanted – time to be precisely on the identical web page on some particulars, and for each single element at present you might be dropping positions. It implies that we have to be in full management of every little thing, and it’s the clear goal for all of us.”
Whereas Hamilton remains to be trying to find a maiden Grand Prix podium in crimson, Ferrari have loved visits to the podium recently with Charles Leclerc, the Monegasque having claimed a P3 in Austin earlier than following this up with a P2 end in Mexico seven days on.
Talking earlier than the end result on the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez, Vasseur admitted that the squad’s return to the rostrum on the Circuit of The Americas had supplied them encouragement as they battle for second within the Teams’ Championship towards Mercedes and Red Bull.
“It’s an excellent push for the motivation however, in any case, we’re motivated by the goal to complete P2,” the Crew Principal conceded. “It’s an excellent problem, an extended battle till the top of the championship, and let’s see what is going to occur within the subsequent weekends.”
Though Ferrari retook second place in Mexico, the Silver Arrows stay just one level behind in third whereas fourth-placed Purple Bull have solely a 10-point deficit to the Italian group.
