Ferrari Method 1 staff boss Fred Vasseur won’t be current on the Monaco Grand Prix on Saturday as a result of ongoing medical checks.
Monitor motion for remaining observe is because of start at 12:30pm within the principality forward of qualifying at 4pm for which Vasseur won’t be on the circuit.
It means his ordinary roles will doubtless fall on deputy staff principal and ex-F1 driver Jerome d’Ambrosio, who has held that place since October 2024 following a 12 months at Mercedes.
A Ferrari assertion learn: “Fred Vasseur won’t be current on the circuit in the present day. Following some medical checks, Fred will stay beneath commentary at an area medical facility.
“No additional medical info shall be supplied. We want Fred a speedy restoration and sit up for seeing him again on the monitor quickly.”
Expectations are excessive at Ferrari as a result of slow-speed corners are a giant energy of the SF-26 and that was witnessed on Friday when the Scuderia completed 1-2 in each FP1 and FP2.
Charles Leclerc, Ferrari
Photograph by: Anni Graf – Method 1 through Getty Pictures
FP1 noticed Charles Leclerc lap 0.226s faster than Lewis Hamilton with a 1m13.978s, earlier than the seven-time world champion struck again in FP2 by beating his team-mate by 0.111s.
Many are trying on the Scuderia to finish Mercedes’ good begin to 2026, during which it has gained all 5 grands prix, notably when Crimson Bull’s Max Verstappen completed third in each practices.
However Ferrari will not be getting forward of itself, as talking on Friday Vasseur claimed “I don’t care about this type of strategy or rumours that we’ve to do the job”.
“It is a very good distance in Monaco from Friday first to the quali and to the race,” he added.
“Essentially the most tough is that it’s a must to anticipate the evolution of the monitor, the evolution of the grip.
“You must be all the time one session forward. This can be a actual problem for the staff and for the drivers. It is nonetheless a good distance and we’ll see tomorrow night about the true tempo.”
These ideas have been echoed by Leclerc, who took Ferrari’s newest victory on the principality in 2024 earlier than Lando Norris gained for McLaren in 2025.
“Crimson Bull, and Max particularly, was very near us in FP2,” stated the Monegasque as Verstappen was simply 0.168s off Hamilton.
“I count on them to be very sturdy, I count on McLaren and Mercedes, as properly, as soon as they put all the things collectively in qualifying, they are going to be very shut.
“So I believe it’s going to be a good qualifying and greater than what individuals count on.”
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