“Enough With the BS”: Fred Vasseur’s “Villain” Era Officially Kickstarts as He Slams Ferrari for Stupid Mistakes

In the aftermath of what Ferrari suffered in Bahrain, team principal Frederic Vasseur came out in open defiance to play down the crisis bells. That being said, after his team finished a lowly 6th and 7th, the French boss has had enough. Even though Charles Leclerc started the race in 12th, his title nemesis Max Verstappen, who started farther behind him, finished 2nd. This has prompted Vasseur to shoot a few harsh words towards his subordinates at the Scuderia.

In the past, there has been a trend evident in Ferrari, where the man in charge has been subdued by inherited powers. However, this fresh take by Vasseur has geed the Tifosi up, as only two races into his stint at the helm of the team from Maranello, Vasseur has shown some fire.

After the race, Vasseur was quoted as saying, “To my engineers, I will say this – enough with the BS. We need to understand where we have gone wrong and push to change it,” as a response to seeing Carlos Sainz and Charles Leclerc finish 6th and 7th, respectively.

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The tide at Ferrari already seems to be tumultuous. But how does this new twist in the tale add fire to the fuel?

Fans react as Frederic Vasseur publicly holds his Ferrari engineers accountable

As soon as this quote by Vasseur went viral, fans rushed to the social networking platform, Twitter, to share their reactions. One fan even commented, “Oh he’s had enough Fred villain era.”

Let’s take a look at just a few of the fan reactions to Vasseur’s public Ferrari bashing.

While many fans were applauding the French-born team principal, there were a few detractors. For them, Vasseur was simply passing the blame when in reality the buck should essentially stop with him.

Be that as it may, for a majority of the fans, Vasseur was the hero of the hour. His honesty and curtness may have been the essentials lacking at the Scuderia. Fans were rejoicing in seeing such tough leadership finally coming back to the team.

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Do you agree with the way Vasseur handled this situation? Or do you think his reign is going to be as disappointing as his predecessors?