An optimistic Ferrari
Since his arrival in Maranello at the beginning of 2023, Frederic Vasseur showed all his experience in motorsport by implementing one slow but constant evolution of the team. No Copernican revolution, but gradual and continuous adjustments to the organization chart and working method, after having observed and gotten to know one’s men closely.
And the results are arriving, with sure and improving steps, especially on the updates brought to the track, a sector that in the past seemed to be a chronic Achilles’ heel of the Prancing Horse. The project led by Vasseur with the full support of the management was thus able to attract Lewis Hamiltonconvincing him to leave Mercedes after a lifetime, and seems to be able to even attract Adrian Neweytwo scenarios that until recently fans could only conjure up in their wildest fantasies.
Clear talks about how Vasseur changed Ferrari
After serving as head of engineering and first performance engineer, Jock Clear he recently took on the role of director of the Ferrari Academy. The British expert was able to see first-hand the improvements made by Vasseur and said: “His leadership gives people the confidence to take more risks. This is his strength. He encourages you to try something different and if things go wrong he is ready to say ‘we still learned something’”. The charisma within Vasseur’s team was felt right from the start, explains Clear: “Employees are enthusiastic, they’re not afraid to try new things and get blamed. Now they have a different look at things: they know that we can learn much faster if we take risks“.
