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Vasseur: Ferrari has clawed back 50% of its 2023 Bahrain F1 deficit

Carlos Sainz finished fourth in the 2023 season-opener, 48.0 seconds behind winner Max Verstappen, while this year the Spaniard was 25.1 seconds adrift of the Dutchman in third.

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Vasseur: "More aggressive" mentality the biggest Ferrari improvement in F1 2023

Vasseur arrived at Ferrari last winter to replace Mattia Binotto and while he arrived too late to have a significant effect on the 2023 car project, his reorganisation efforts did start showing promise across the second half of 2023.

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Ferrari’s Vasseur: FIA/Wolff saga was 'embarrassing for F1'

Last week the FIA announced its compliance department was looking into a potential conflict of interest between a team principal and FOM employee, amid dubious allegations that Mercedes boss Toto Wolff and F1 Academy head Susie Wolff had exchanged confidential information.

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Ferrari’s Vasseur: FIA/Wolff saga was “embarrassing for F1”

Last week the FIA announced its compliance department was looking into a potential conflict of interest between a team principal and FOM employee, amid dubious allegations that Mercedes boss Toto Wolff and his wife Susie, who runs the F1 Academy for FOM, had exchanged confidential information.

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Ferrari needs to make more of its F1 opportunities in 2024 – Vasseur

Ferrari was beaten by Mercedes to second in the 2023 constructors' championship in Abu Dhabi by three points after both teams went through a season full of ups and downs with their peaky cars. Just like its counterpart from Brackley, Ferrari started off on the wrong foot in Bahrain with…

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Vasseur: Ferrari needs to make more of its opportunities in F1 2024

Ferrari was beaten by Mercedes to second in the 2023 constructors' championship in Abu Dhabi by three points after both teams went through a season full of ups and downs with peaky cars. Just like its counterpart from Brackley, Ferrari started off on the wrong foot in Bahrain with a…

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Wolff, Vasseur handed warning by F1 stewards for bad language at Las Vegas GP

Wolff and Vasseur took part in the Vegas event’s team principals’ press conference just after FP1 had had to be cancelled, due to a water valve cover being worked loose by Esteban Ocon’s Alpine and struck by Carlos Sainz’s Ferrari and Ocon’s Alpine on subsequent laps.

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Ferrari to have "private discussion" over Sainz Vegas F1 damage compensation

Sainz ran over a metal water valve cover that had come loose and destroyed the chassis, power unit and energy store of his SF-23.

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Ferrari will have "private discussion" over Sainz F1 damage compensation

Sainz ran over a metal water valve cover that had come loose and destroyed the chassis, power unit and energy store of his SF-23.

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Vasseur: Sainz F1 grid penalty after Vegas incident a "huge hit" for Ferrari

Sainz's car suffered severe damage after running over a water valve cover early in the opening session of practice.

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Vasseur: F1 Vegas manhole issues that wrecked Sainz's Ferrari "unacceptable"

Eight minutes into first free practice for the inaugural race weekend on the streets of Las Vegas, Sainz suffered huge damage to the chassis, floor and power unit of his Ferrari after ripping up a concrete frame of a manhole cover on the iconic Strip.

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Vasseur: Vegas manhole issues that wrecked Sainz's Ferrari F1 car "unacceptable"

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Ferrari admits Leclerc's F1 US GP strategy was a mistake

The Monegasque driver started from pole and, having lost out early on to both Lando Norris and Lewis Hamilton, was the only driver in the field to run a one-stop strategy.

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Ferrari admits Leclerc's US GP strategy was a mistake

The Monegasque driver started from pole and, having lost out early on to both Lando Norris and Lewis Hamilton, was the only driver in the field to run a one-stop strategy.

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Vasseur urges FIA to find F1 track limits solutions after Qatar GP "festival"

Multiple drivers had times deleted in Friday's qualifying, and that continued in the Saturday shootout after the white lines had been moved at Turns 12 and 13 – where many of the offences occurred – in order to protect tyres from kerb damage.

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Vasseur urges FIA to find F1 track limits solution after Qatar GP "festival"

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"Super flat" Vasseur exactly what Ferrari needed in F1, says Leclerc

The Italian outfit came into the 2023 season hoping to fight for the world championship, but it fell short of its target thanks to Red Bull producing its dominant RB19 car.

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Why Ferrari doesn’t agree with McLaren F1 fairytale revival

Since the first stage of an intense programme of upgrades appeared in Austria Lando Norris has secured four second places, while his team-mate Oscar Piastri earned his first podium with third place in Japan last weekend.

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Ferrari “aligned” with Sainz on future F1 contract talks

The Spanish driver’s current deal extends to the end of 2024, but he has stressed that he wants long-term stability and an early extension of his stay with the team.

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Ferrari "aligned" with Sainz on future F1 contract talks

The Spanish driver's current deal extends to the end of 2024, but he has stressed that he wants long-term stability and an early extension of his stay with the team.

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Ferrari F1 recovery being helped by protective "bubble", says Leclerc

The Maranello squad has endured a difficult 2023 campaign where its hopes of challenging for the championship quickly evaporated off the back of race struggles with its SF-23 car.

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Vasseur: Ferrari “made too many mistakes” in F1 Hungarian GP

Charles Leclerc finished only seventh after his race was compromised by a wheel gun issue in a pitstop and a five-second penalty for pitlane speeding, while his team-mate Carlos Sainz could only recover to eighth after a disappointing qualifying session saw him start 11th.

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Ferrari captures "top" Mercedes figure to boost F1 recovery

Just weeks after Vasseur revealed that he had signed a "top guy" to join the team in 2025, the identity of the individual has finally emerged as being Mercedes' performance director Loic Serra.

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F1 tyre call must recognise different circumstances, says Vasseur

The FIA and Formula One Management are currently evaluating which of the two tyre giants should be handed the official F1 tender contract from 2025.

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Ferrari’s “scared” mindset hampered British GP F1 hopes

Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz qualified fourth and fifth, but in Sunday’s race they tumbled down to ninth and 10th, not helped by the fact that both stopped before a safety car intervention that gave rivals a helping hand in the form of cheap stops.

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