Former Alfa Romeo team boss has successful past relationship with Ferarri driver Charles Leclerc.
Under Vasseur’s leadership Sauber, as Alfa Romeo, re-established itself in the lower midfield, and recruited cannily, fielding Charles Leclerc in 2018, veteran Kimi Räikkönen across 2019-21, before signing the experienced Valtteri Bottas for 2022. Bottas spearheaded Alfa Romeo’s charge in 2022 to finish sixth overall, its best result since 2013, though the team faded after a strong start.
In its press release Alfa Romeo paid a glowing tribute to Vasseur, with Rausing hailing “six years of inspiring leadership and hard work” in which he “helped rebuild our company and our team.” Rausing said Vasseur “was able to encourage every one of us into giving our best and the increasingly good results we have enjoyed are testament to the quality of his performance at the helm of the team.”
Vasseur’s recruitment by Ferrari will bring him back into a working partnership with lead Ferrari star Leclerc. It will be their third stint together, as Leclerc won the 2016 GP3 Series title for Vassseur’s ART squad. It will also re-align Vasseur with Todt, who has managed Leclerc throughout the Monegasque’s career. Vasseur and Todt’s business arrangement ended in 2018, amid a fallout, with Todt relinquishing his shares in ART.
Vasseur will be the fifth team principal since 2008, following on from Stefano Domenicali, Marco Mattiacci, Maurizio Arrivabene and Binotto. Vasseur’s hire nonetheless represents a change in tact by Ferrari, which promoted from within when it gave the team boss job to Binotto. Vasseur will bring a fresh set of eyes to an organization which delivered a front-running car in 2022 but which fell desperately short in other areas, such as reliability, strategy and race management.
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