Ferrari has pushed back against mounting speculation over Fred Vasseur’s position as the team’s Formula 1 boss, insisting there are no doubts about his leadership.
The Italian marque has endured a challenging start to the 2025 campaign, trailing rival McLaren in both championships through the opening rounds.
Charles Leclerc’s trio of podiums has helped lift Ferrari back to second in the standings, though the team remains a distant 197 points adrift of the Woking-based squad.
Reports from Italian publication Corriere della Sera claim Vasseur’s future at Ferrari has come into question following the “unsatisfactory” start to the season, with Ferrari Endurance Chief Antonello Coletta named as his potential successor.
However, the Scuderia dismissed the rumours when approached for comment, insisting there is no truth to the speculation and labelled them as “fantasy”.
Coletta, also leading Ferrari’s Le Mans programme, is considered a likely candidate to replace Vasseur, but the report also suggests chairman John Elkann maintains a longstanding fixation on Red Bull Team Principal Christian Horner.
The British chief was quizzed on the speculation at the last Grand Prix in Barcelona, but he reaffirmed that he was ‘100% committed to Red Bull’ despite the rumoured interest from Ferrari.
Meanwhile, the Frenchman’s tenure at Ferrari remains under pressure, with the team still searching for its first win of the season despite Leclerc’s near-miss at his home race in Monaco.
The Monegasque’s team-mate, Lewis Hamilton, secured victory in the Sprint Race at Shanghai but has yet to reach the podium in a main race this season.
Reflecting on the Spanish GP, Hamilton described it as the toughest race of his Ferrari career so far in this new chapter of his F1 journey.
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