Fred Vasseur: pursuing the ‘pinnacle’ with Ferrari

F1: Beyond The Grid

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🗓️ 29 August 2023

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Ferrari’s wait for a record 32nd World Championship is set to continue in 2023. But are the most successful team in Formula 1 history at least heading in the right direction?

Ahead of their home race at Monza, who better to answer that question than Ferrari Team Principal, Fred Vasseur?

Cracking jokes throughout, Fred tells Tom Clarkson how the culture at Ferrari is like no other he’s experienced in F1 and why this job is the ‘biggest challenge’ of his career. He talks about the development of Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz, the team’s strengths and weaknesses, and he sends a message to the Tifosi.

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0:42.6	Fred Vassar's mission as Ferrari team principal is clear, to make the most decorated team in
0:48.6	Formula 1 history, world champions once again.
0:52.1	The Tiffosi Ferrari's famous fanbase have been waiting since 2008 for the scooter
1:18.8	career to add to their record 31 world titles.
1:22.8	And Vassar is fully aware of the expectation on his shoulders.
1:26.6	The pressure of the story and the past, you can feel it each time that you are doing something
1:32.2	in Maranello and that you go to the restaurant, everybody is jumping on you, that it's the
1:36.8	main topic and I think we have enough pressure and to avoid to sing too much about this.
1:49.0	Welcome everyone, I'm Tom Clarkson and this is F1 Beyond the Grid.
1:54.1	Fred Vassar was a team boss in GP2, the last time Ferrari were world champions, and now
1:59.4	he's taking on arguably the most pressurized job in the paddock.
2:04.2	Ferrari are synonymous with Formula 1, they've competed in every season since the start
2:08.8	of the world championship in 1950 and both the Tiffosi and the Italian media hold them
2:14.4	to the highest standards.
2:16.2	But Fred's got the experience to match.
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