{"id":23319,"date":"2024-08-25T08:13:36","date_gmt":"2024-08-25T12:13:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/?p=23319"},"modified":"2024-08-25T08:13:36","modified_gmt":"2024-08-25T12:13:36","slug":"vasseur-ferrari-on-the-right-track-without-adrian-newey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/2024\/08\/25\/vasseur-ferrari-on-the-right-track-without-adrian-newey\/","title":{"rendered":"Vasseur: Ferrari “on the right track” without Adrian Newey"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fred Vasseur downplays the need for Ferrari to pursue Adrian Newey<\/h2>\n

Qualifying for the Dutch GP was a reality check for Ferrari. The SF-24 was barely the fourth-fastest car, with even Aston Martin showing more pace over one lap. Concerns are beginning to grow as Ferrari lose ground to McLaren<\/a>, Red Bull<\/a> and Mercedes<\/a>. Despite this, Fred Vasseur insists the team is on the right track – dismissing the importance of going after Adrian Newey’s signature.<\/p>\n

When Newey first became a free agent, Ferrari were among the favourites to secure his services. However, recent months have seen Aston Martin<\/a> become the front-runners to sign the 65-year-old.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the Scuderia have lost key personnel. The departure of Enrico Cardile, formerly the Scuderia’s technical director, is the most notable exit.<\/p>\n

Mattia Binotto is also working to recruit Ferrari’s engineers for the Audi F1 project, although Maranello have managed to avoid any major losses so far.<\/p>\n

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Vasseur: “The group comes first”<\/h3>\n

Overall, familiar worries are beginning to follow Fred Vasseur’s team. With plans for 2025 already being formulated, there is a risk Ferrari’s current woes could impact next year’s project.<\/p>\n

In this context, Ferrari are navigating a relatively difficult spell. In the eyes of many, Adrian Newey’s availability is an opportunity to galvanise Maranello ahead of the 2026 regulations.<\/p>\n

However, this is not the priority for Fred Vasseur. He told Corriere Della Serra<\/a> where his focus lies:<\/p>\n

“I’ve always said that the group comes first. This applies to engineers, drivers and anyone.<\/em><\/p>\n

“It’s not the sum of talents that generates performance but a right combination of factors.<\/em><\/p>\n

“PSG has always taken the best, yet has never won the Champions League. We, on the other hand, are on the right track.”<\/em><\/p>\n

The SF-24 will receive its next upgrade package next weekend at the Italian GP. These updates will determine if Ferrari<\/a> can rectify their derailed development.<\/p>\n

Not only will this have ramifications for the rest of 2024 – but 2025 as well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Fred Vasseur downplays the need for Ferrari to pursue Adrian Newey Qualifying for the Dutch GP was a reality check for Ferrari. The SF-24 was barely the fourth-fastest car, with even Aston Martin showing more pace over one lap. Concerns are beginning to grow as Ferrari lose ground to McLaren, Red Bull and Mercedes. Despite […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4927,"featured_media":23320,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4,3],"tags":[2220,68,465,84,438],"class_list":["post-23319","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-formula-1","category-news","tag-2024-formula-1-season","tag-f1","tag-f1-news","tag-ferrari","tag-fred-vasseur"],"modified_by":"Jaden Diaz-Ndisang","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23319","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4927"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23319"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23319\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23320"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23319"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23319"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23319"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}