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Charles Leclerc has hailed the impact of Ferrari team principal
Fred Vasseur, highlighting his "cold-blooded" approach to managing
the team. Ferrari announced late last month it had signed Vasseur
to a new long-term contract to lead the Italian squad. Vasseur has
run the day-to-day operations at Ferrari since the 2023 campaign
and brought it agonisingly close to constructors' championship
success last season. Despite its on-track challenges this year,
Ferrari has placed its long-term faith in the Frenchman, with
Vasseur staying in charge as the sport heads into a new era under
fresh regulations next year. Leclerc praised Vasseur for his
methods of operating the team in his first three seasons in the
role. "He definitely changed the way we are working on different
things," Leclerc told media including RacingNews365 . "Where Fred
made the biggest difference is his vision, his overall vision.
This, he embedded it into the team and that's very important."
Ferrari sits as the most successful squad in F1 history and has a
major following around the world. However, it faces intense
scrutiny in its home country of Italy - a pressure Vasseur is
well-equipped to deal with, according to Leclerc. "I feel that the
beauty of Ferrari is the fact that emotionally it's always intense,
but it can also harm us in some ways, especially when tougher times
arrive," Leclerc said. "Fred has always had very cold blood in
those moments and helped the team to be a little bit more, lucid.
"That's the biggest thing Fred has brought to the team."
