Ferrari crew principal Fred Vasseur will skip the Austrian Grand Prix attributable to private causes.
On Sunday morning, Ferrari confirmed the Frenchman is leaving Austria to return dwelling for “private causes”.
Deputy crew principal Jerome d’Ambrosio will stand in for Vasseur and take his place on the pit wall for Sunday’s Austrian Grand Prix.
No additional particulars have been supplied by Ferrari relating to Vasseur’s absence.
Vasseur’s future at Ferrari has come below scrutiny just lately following media stories in Italy claiming that he’s below severe stress to maintain his job.
Ferrari take pleasure in greatest qualifying of 2025
Ferrari secured their greatest qualifying results of a disappointing 2025 F1 season thus far on the Purple Bull Ring.
Charles Leclerc will line up from the entrance row of the grid in second, whereas seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton goes from fourth.
Hamilton was left delighted after claiming his greatest common qualifying consequence since becoming a member of Ferrari.
“It is a implausible consequence. The crew have labored actually exhausting again on the manufacturing unit to carry us a brand new ground this weekend,” the 40-year-old Briton instructed Sky Sports activities.
“Contemplating yesterday we have been quite a bit additional off, for us to be a lot nearer and on the second row is basically implausible. And for Charles on the entrance row too.
“My final lap wasn’t good. I feel if I would completed it, I’d have been second, so there are many positives to take out from that session.
“Additionally, I feel it has been the very best day operationally, significantly by way of qualifying. Simply timings, the knowledge we’re getting by way of visitors and positioning on observe, I feel was actually the very best and correct world-class, so that is what we have been working in the direction of.”
