21/05/2025 09:15
Fred Vasseur has insisted that questions around Lewis Hamilton's
Ferrari form must "stop" following a positive Emilia Romagna Grand
Prix. Although he had qualified in 12th place, Hamilton rallied in
the race itself at Imola to finish fourth, just over a second
behind third-placed Oscar Piastri. Hamilton felt that if he had
had another five laps to attack the McLaren driver, he could have
secured a podium finish on an afternoon he banked his best GP
result for the Scuderia. Hamilton's struggles to adapt to Ferrari
have been well-versed, but Ferrari boss Vasseur insists that
questions about it should not be just limited to Hamilton, but
other drivers as well, with Ferrari refugee Carlos Sainz also being
vocal about his struggles to adapt to Williams. "You have to stop
this," Vasseur replied to media including RacingNews365 , when
presented with Hamilton's upbeat assessment of his race. "It is not
that he is doing a good weekend and everything is perfect, and when
he is not having a good weekend, it is a disaster. "We just have to
take it easy and stay calm and work together. I was pleased with
the job the team did, not just Lewis, but Charles, the strategy and
the mechanics. It is the only way for us to come back and catch up
to the front. "We have to work as a team and put all the efforts
and resources together to catch up." Vasseur was then further asked
about Hamilton's best showing in a grand prix for Ferrari, and once
again demanded a stop to such questions. "You have to stop," he
said. "Every single driver is working on himself, working with the
team, trying to develop something, trying to do a better job. "It
is not that on a Saturday evening he is not well prepared, not in a
good condition with the car, and then on Sunday he is a magician
and everything is perfect. We just have to stay calm. "Obviously,
he did a very good job in China, did a very good job at Imola and
step-by-step, we will get there."
