“It’s Completely the Wrong Reason”: Excited Fans Given Brutal Reality Check as Charles Leclerc-Fred Vasseur Link Gets Broken

In a recent development, Ferrari has appointed the former Alfa Romeo team principal Frederic Vasseur as their boss for the next F1 season. Vasseur comes into the team to take the top job on the Italian team, much to the delight of Charles Leclerc fans. However, F1 pundit Martin Brundle puts a fly in the ointment with a brutal reality check.

After Vasseur was announced as the Prancing Horse boss, fans were elated as he had a connection with Leclerc from their Sauber days. However, Brundle believes that is not the reason at all. Talking about this, Brundle stated, “Well if they’ve taken Vasseur on because he was close to Charles Leclerc, it’s completely the wrong reason. It’s a massively bigger job than that.”

In an interview with Sky Sports F1, the British commentator further asserted on the appointment of Vasseur, “And Ferrari they’ve got Carlos Sainz and Charles Leclerc, one of the finest driving pair of the Formula 1 and they both need to feel comfortable and loved and supported.”

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“So Fred won’t be going there and thinking you know I’m with Charles, they’ve got a better chance of keeping Leclerc into the future I think if he’s comfortable but it’s all about performance it’s not about who’s friendly with who in this business,” concluded the Briton.

Frédéric Vasseur became the fifth F1 boss in nine years

As Ferrari appointed Frederic Vasseur as their top executive, the Frenchman has become the fifth boss of the Italian team in a decade. After Mattia Binotto‘s resignation, Vasseur’s name was always trending as the man to replace the Italian.

As Vasseur took the top job with the Prancing Horse, he became the fifth man with this post in nine years after Stefano Domenicali who was in charge from 2008 to 2014. After Domenicali, Marco Mattiacci came and stayed in charge in 2014.

Just after a year, came Maurizio Arrivabene in 2015. Arrivabene stayed in Ferrari for four seasons from 2015 to 2018. After him came Mattia Binotto, who took the job in 2019 and stayed till 2022. This shows the frequently changing nature of the Maranello-based team when it comes to their team principal.

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Interestingly, 2016 F1 Champion Nico Rosberg pointed out this changing frequency of top bosses as one of the monumental reasons for Ferrari’s drawback against the likes of Red Bull and Mercedes, who were consistent with their top management for a long time.