Ferrari staff principal Fred Vasseur has insisted concentrate on the rivalry between Max Verstappen and title rival Lando Norris is “excellent” for the Scuderia’s personal championship hopes.
The Italian marque has slashed the hole on the prime of the standings after two good weekends to start the penultimate triple-header of the season, with Charles Leclerc heading a dominant 1-2 at america Grand Prix earlier than Carlos Sainz took the win in Mexico final weekend – his team-mate taking third with the quickest lap.
However Ferrari’s successes have been overshadowed by on-track controversy between drivers’ title protagonists Verstappen and Norris, whose Purple Bull and McLaren groups have misplaced floor within the constructors’ race while they’ve squabbled behind – in addition to being supported by poor outcomes from their team-mates.
Vasseur’s squad now sits 29 factors adrift of McLaren in second having leapfrogged the reigning championship-winning outfit Purple Bull and he mentioned the concentrate on rival skirmishes was a bonus for Ferrari.
“So long as you’re all targeted on Max and Norris, that is excellent for us,” he mentioned after Sainz’s triumph on the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez.
Carlos Sainz, Ferrari, Frederic Vasseur, Group Principal and Basic Supervisor, Scuderia Ferrari
Photograph by: Ferrari
“You could be targeted on the battle between Toto [Wolff, Mercedes team principal] and Christian [Horner, Red Bull boss] between Zak [Brown, McLaren CEO] and Christian, between Lando and Max, between no matter – so long as we’re underneath the radar, it permits us to be absolutely targeted on what we’re doing, on the staff, on the drivers.
“This can be a excellent state of affairs for us. I feel you [the media] could have tons to say about Max and Lando, it will likely be the headlines and it is good for us.”
Pressed on why the present battle between McLaren and Purple Bull was helpful for Ferrari, Vasseur replied: “I feel it is necessary for us to don’t have any distraction.
“We’re clear, we’re targeted on what we’re doing, on the automobile, on the administration of the staff. [We can] take race after race and never to consider the worldwide future – I feel it is paying off.”