Ferrari group principal Fred Vasseur has performed down the upcoming change of Lewis Hamilton’s race engineer, insisting that such a swap is not of huge impact to the driving force. This comes after it was confirmed that Riccardo Adami would get replaced a number of races into the season, one thing that Hamilton admitted can be “detrimental”.
In his second yr at Maranello, the seven-time champion must adapt to yet one more change after arriving on the Italian squad from Mercedes. With Adami now as a result of be assigned to a different position, Carlo Santi has been introduced in to switch him quickly.
“It is solely going to be a number of races, so early on into the season, it is going to all be switching up once more and I will must be taught to work with somebody new,” Hamilton advised the media. “In order that’s detrimental to me too.”
Now, Vasseur has confronted questions concerning this alteration as he requested the media to cease operating with the story.
“It is not precisely the dialogue that we had,” the Frenchman stated when requested about Hamilton’s feedback on the change. “I believe the collaboration between the group and Lewis and the pitwall is excellent. However I noticed Lewis, not that the group was not dedicated, however in confidence and really open in regards to the relationship. And my feeling could be very constructive with this. And we’ll proceed to enhance.
Lewis Hamilton, Ferrari
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“The mindset is to attempt to do a greater job tomorrow than right now. We all know that if we now have areas the place we are able to enhance, we’ll proceed to push on this course. However Lewis was in an excellent mindset on this.”
Unsurprisingly, he was pushed additional on this.
“Please cease with this story,” he requested. “You have got 22 vehicles, you’ve got six or seven new engineers annually, and the identical because the group principals, and possibly the oldest one is Toto, you might be altering three or 4 group principals annually, and it isn’t the tip of the group.
“The group right now is one thing like 1,500 individuals, it isn’t about one race engineer. The man that you simply see on the pitwall is main a group of six individuals engaged on the automobile. It is not a matter of people in F1, it is at all times in regards to the group, it is by no means in regards to the people.”
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