17/07/2025 18:10
Ferrari is considering a radical shake-up to its senior management
structure, according to reports from Italian media. At the present
time, the team has a typical structure with Fred Vasseur as team
principal, with his immediate superiors being Ferrari CEO Benedetto
Vigna and then chairman John Elkann. The traditional team
principal role means Vasseur is responsible for both Ferrari's
technical programme as well as managing its political stances on
matters of the day. However, Corriere dello Sport has reported
that Elkann is considering making a change to this structure. The
Italian newspaper claims that Elkann is looking to appoint a figure
above Vasseur but below himself and Vigna to act as a bridge
between senior management and the F1 programme. This would
replicate the structure at McLaren, where Zak Brown is CEO and
deals with all political and financial matters, allowing team
principal Andrea Stella to fully focus on the technical programme
and the race team. Vasseur's three-year contract he signed when
joining Ferrari in 2023, expires at the end of the current season,
with reports emerging in the Italian media that he could be axed
following a poor season, by pre-season expectations after the
Scuderia fell 14 points short of McLaren in the '24 constructors'.
However, he has rubbished those claims, with drivers Charles
Leclerc, and especially Lewis Hamilton voicing strong support for
the Frenchman.
