Overview

• Scuderia Ferrari confirmed team principal Fred Vasseur has returned home for personal reasons and will not attend the Spielberg race.
• Deputy principal Jerome d’Ambrosio steps in trackside to oversee team operations at the Austrian Grand Prix.
• Charles Leclerc secured second on the grid and Lewis Hamilton qualified fourth but neither driver has won a race in 2025.
• Ferrari remains third in the constructors’ championship behind McLaren and Red Bull after eleven rounds.
• The sudden leadership change intensifies scrutiny on Ferrari’s strategy as it works to close a multi-tenths-per-lap performance gap.