Ferrari: John Elkann gives judgment on 2023 and the new Vasseur course

Ferrari: John Elkann dà a judgment on 2023 and the new Vasseur course

Balance sheet time at Ferrari: with one race to go before the end of the 2023 World Championship, the Maranello-based team è still in contention with Mercedes for second place in the constructors’ standings. The Cavallino è moreover, the only team to have managed to win a Grand Prix this year besides Red Bull, which has dominated the championship.

These are the words of John Elkann to the BBC: "Ferrari is moving 100 percent in the right direction, and I have definitely seen the positive change I was hoping".

Promoted the new Vasseur course: "The team è much more united and much closer with Vasseur, and there are a number of incredibly talented people who want to come to Ferrari. This è a very strong signal".

Elkann emphasized the merits of the'former Alfa Romeo team principal: "The determining factors in the good results achieved by our competitors have been responsibility" and agility". They tend to be more agile and fast, and Fred had these characteristics, having worked in motorsport all his professional life and having been very successful in different categories, even in F1 having managed a smaller team. On the one hand he brings with him a culture of responsibility and reliability, but on the other hand he knows and has worked in smaller, more effective and more agile organizations.

Ferrari’s president emphasizes the team’s cultural change: "If we look back to 2020, I remember that there’was a lot of disappointment. I realized at that moment that we had to take it very seriously and that it was important to look at what was happening, be aware of it and work. We were not going to be competitive until 2022, and everyone was denying it. Then we managed to work through these years and be competitive in 2022".