It’s official: Scuderia Ferrari confirm that Alfa Romeo alumnus Fréderic Vasseur is their new Team Principal
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After days of trepidation and endless waiting, the Tifosis have finally gotten their answer to who would be taking up the Herculean task of leading Ferrari now that Mattia Binotto has stepped down–and it is a quite familiar face indeed. Confirming all the fans’ theories and guesses, the Maranello outfit has finally announced that they will be putting their faith in former Alfa Romeo Team Principal Frederic Vasseur to take the reigns at Ferrari and lead the team back to their winning ways.
It has been a while since chaos broke out in the Formula 1 community following the 2022 season finale in Abu Dhabi as Mattia Binotto confirmed he will part ways with Ferrari after serving in the team for more than a decade. The Italian will be officially giving up his responsibilities as the Scuderia’s Team Principal on December 31, and most of the reports pointed towards Ferrari not announcing Binotto’s successor until 2023. But in a surprisingly early notification, it is now declared that Frederic Vasseur has signed up for the role.
Ferrari is known all around the world as Formula 1’s oldest and most successful racing team, but unfortunately it hasbeena long wait of about 14 years since Ferrari last enjoyed a World Championship win in 2008 and the last time a Scuderia racer got the WDC title was in 2007. While they had started the recently-concluded 2022 season with hopes of ending their losing streak, the team could not keep up with Red Bull in the long run, and had to settle for the second place once again. But with Frederic Vasseur leading them, the Tifosis are hopeful for a Championship win this time.
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Several names, including Frederic Vasseur’s, had come up while discussing who would succeed Mattia Binotto as the Ferrari Head
As soon as Italian-born Mattia Binotto announced that he will not be continuing his stint as the Ferrari Team Principal in 223, the F1 followers got into discussions of all the potential choices for Binotto’s role. The frontrunners included names like retired F1 racer Sebastian Vettel and even Team Principals from other sporting leagues. Frederic Vasseur’s name has also come up quite a few times, and in the last few days, it was all but confirmed that the Frenchman would be taking up the much-coveted role.
While no official statement has yet been released by Vasseur regarding his appointment as the Ferrari Team Principal, it goes without saying that he will be coming into the Scuderia with massive expectations to live up to. But fans believe he is up for the job as this is not his first time serving as a Team Principal of an F1 team. He had previously led the Alfa Romeo team since 2017, and is also an experienced motorsport engineer. Frederic Vasseur’s entry into Ferrari has already gotten massive coverage and he needs to up his game and make sure to lead the team back to its winning ways of he wants to last at Ferrari for a long time.
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