Time has taken the reason for Fred Vasseur And now, more than a year and a half after making the surprising decision to fire Carlos Sainz to file Lewis Hamiltonhe regrets. The head of Ferrari It is frustrated to see that its bet has not worked, no matter how much a hexacampeon in the world of Formula 1and has publicly admitted that he is not dating as he expected.
The beating of Charles Leclerc To Hamilton in the World Cup 2025 It is being sidereal (151 to 109 points), some numbers and a rivalry that are far from the four -year Sainz era in Ferrari. A stage in which the Spanish pilot always squeezed the nuts to Monegasco, getting to overcome in the course of his debut (2022), and achieving up to four victories.
Hamilton, for the moment, neither triumphs nor podiums except first place in the race to the sprint of the China Grand Prix. English, in its first season out of Mercedeshe is completely desperate when he fails to understand the Ferrari and apply his piloting to be competitive before those above. And his boss and great valid, Vasseur, misses Sainz.
«When Ferrari came to Ferrari, we thought it would have everything under control. It is not like Carlos Sainz, who changes equipment every few years and is familiar with this process. Lewis needed four or five races to take the trick, ”said Vasseur in statements that he collects Auto motor and sports.
Hamilton desperates Ferrari
Sainz's adaptation to Williams It is also being complicated by the constant operational failures of the team that are ballasting the Madrid, which is not accompanied by luck, with incidents almost in each test caused by other monoplays. In the last one before the holidays, Hamilton was empty of the Hungary GPensuring that Ferrari had to change pilot.
«He has had bad luck lately. In Budapest He was ahead of Charles in the Q1 and the Q2 was only one tenth slower. He was 15 thousandths to move on to the next round. In the end, one is first and the other twelfth, ”said Vasseur, remembering that last classification session after which Hamilton defined” useless. “
«Always exaggerate a lot in his judgments. Sometimes it is too hard with the car, sometimes with yourself. He wants to get the most out of himself and everyone in the team. So we have to calm him down. Only worsens things, ”he added about Hamilton's incendiary words in the Hungaroring. «Sometimes, Hamilton exaggerates the problems he sees in his car. The team obviously wants to react and everyone turns to this problem, ”added Vasseur to end after that comparison with Sainz.
