Ferrari moves to end Horner noise with full backing for Vasseur
Ferrari publicly backed Fred Vasseur while sitting second in the constructors’ standings but 160 points behind Mercedes.
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Ferrari publicly expressed “full confidence” in team principal Fred Vasseur and his staff on 29 September. According to Reuters, the statement was intended to stop speculation about a possible Christian Horner move from dominating the Malaysian race weekend. Such explicit leadership support is unusual at a time when every result becomes a strategic signal.
The pressure behind the backing
Ferrari sit second in the constructors’ championship, 160 points behind Mercedes and 72 clear of McLaren. The team have not won a Formula One title since 2008, so the statement is both stabilising and demanding: Vasseur remains the face of the project, but the standard is still a world championship.
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