Overview

• Vasseur told Auto Motor und Sport it would be naive to expect any one person to deliver a miracle at Ferrari, emphasizing incremental improvements across many areas.
• Former F1 driver Derek Daly told RacingNews365 that signing Hamilton was a marketing move that hurt competitiveness and could ultimately cost Vasseur his job.
• Daly argued Ferrari lost the complementary Leclerc–Sainz feedback dynamic by replacing Carlos Sainz, reducing the engineering balance that aided development.
• This season’s results reflect the shortfall: Hamilton has yet to stand on the podium for Ferrari, with only a Chinese GP sprint win, while Charles Leclerc has five podiums.
• Vasseur said Ferrari narrowed its deficit to McLaren at Monza, holds second in the constructors by 20 points over Mercedes, and expects Hamilton’s first grand prix podium with the team soon after improved pace at Zandvoort and Monza.