F1 | Ferrari, Vasseur: “The atmosphere in the team is good, we have more pressure from the outside”

It's a forgettable start to the World Cup that saw the protagonist Ferrari in the first two races of the season, held in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia. If in the Sakhir race the Red team managed to maintain its role as third force, getting the better of Carlos Sainz on the Mercedes, in the Jeddah race the SF-23 instead crashed miserably on a "friendly" track, not going beyond sixth and seventh time.

A difficult situation that is reflected both on and off the track, where there is no shortage of rumors regarding the tense climate present in Maranello. A topic on which he wanted to make some clarifications Frederic Vasseur, with the new Ferrari team principal who wanted to underline how there is greater pressure outside the confines of Maranello than in the factory, effectively dismissing the various rumors circulating in the press.

“Many people told me that Ferrari would be difficult to manage internally and that's not entirely true – declared Vasseur, interviewed by AS – The atmosphere and collaboration within the team are good, but we have more pressure from external. The rumors going around about the team? These types of comments can affect team morale. They can be influenced by these kinds of rumors that have nothing to do with reality."