Lewis Hamilton and his strong support for the director of Ferrari

Canada received F1 with the rumor that points to a possible departure from Frédéric Vasseur from its position as the highest authority of the Scuderia at the end of the year due to the lack of results. The heptacampeón said: “I want Fred here.”

At the dawn of 2005, Lewis Hamilton was a British promise that had finished a weak campaign in the F3 Euroseries of 2004: barely fifth with a triumph. The English did not want to continue in the category, but finally reached the ASM team, then converted in art. Who was part of the creation of the team? One such Frédéric Vasseur. Under the French wing, Hamilton took off his campaign: he was champion of the F3 Euroseries in 2005 (he ceased to exist after the 2012 season) and GP2 (today F2) in 2006. The rest is known history. Lewis would hit the jump to the F1 with McLaren in 2007 and begin his campaign full of successes.

Two decades later, Vasseur was key to Hamilton’s landing in Ferrari. The Frenchman was director of the Renault team of F1, then he was in Sauber and in 2023 he took the command of the only team with perfect presence in all the World Cup seasons. His desire to see Hamilton dressed in red, added to the pilot’s dream of ever defending the colors of the Rossa, plus the personal interest of John Elkann, the president of the Italian brand, were the perfect combo for the heptacampeón to arrive this year to Team in replacement of Carlos Sainz. Of course, Ferrari’s illusion after the 2024 constructors runner -up, plus Hamilton’s arrival, gave a giant hope of hope to the group in his intention to reverde laurels in sepia state since Kimi Räikkönen achieved the 2007 crown. But the reality was another. The lack of competitiveness of the SF-25 was enormous, so much that, although there are two folder updates to improve the final result of the current exercise, inside doors already have their heads on the car next year, when the new technical regulation arrives.

So far, the review of the history and development of 2025. But Canada received F1 for the tenth date with a rumor that indicates that Vasseur’s position in Ferrari is in danger. In fact, some European media already point to Antonello Coletta, the director of the Ferrari team at the World Cup in Endurance, as their possible replacement. The Runrún led Hamilton to consultation, during the press conference prior to the start of the activity at the Gilles Villeneuve in Canada. And the English did not hesitate to provide strong support to Vasseur.

“It is definitely not pleasant to hear that there are stories like that out there. First, I love working with Fred. Fred is the main reason why I am on this team and I had the opportunity to be here, so I am eternally grateful. We are together on this, we are working hard in the background. Things are not perfect, but for me, as I said, I am here to work with the team, but also with Fred. I want Fred here, ”he said, bluntly, the heptacampeon.

The vote of confidence in French is huge for Lewis: “I think Fred is the person who will lead us to the top and that’s it. Ultimately, it is nonsense. What people have written, most people do not know what is happening behind the scene and not everything is easy, it is not as if everything were the quietest thing. We have to make changes and it is a lot of work to do and, of course, there is a lot of pressure because we want to win, but that is not part of the discussion at this time. ”