Ferrari team principal Fred Vasseur has expressed his full understanding of Lewis Hamilton’s frustration during the Hungarian Grand Prix weekend, after the seven-time world champion showed signs of discouragement after Sunday’s race. After qualifying in twelfth position on Saturday, Hamilton stated he felt “useless” and suggested that Ferrari “probably needs to change drivers,” while his teammate, Charles Leclerc, secured pole position.
After finishing the race on Sunday also in 12th place, the Ferrari driver stated that he felt “the same” as the day before.
When asked if he had a plan to motivate Hamilton during the summer break and improve his performances, Vasseur replied that such a conversation would not be necessary.
Vasseur insisted that the difference between Leclerc and Hamilton was not as big as it seemed in qualifying, as Hamilton was only 0.015 seconds away from advancing to the next round and joining Leclerc in the final part of qualifying. The Ferrari boss believes Hamilton’s frustration stems from his high expectations of competing at the top. “Yes, he is demanding. But I think that’s also why he’s a seven-time world champion, he’s demanding of the team, of the car, of the engineers, of the mechanics, of myself as well. But, above all, he is very demanding of himself,” concluded Vasseur.I can perfectly understand the situation. Sometimes comments are made about what the driver says in the car, but if the microphone were put on other football players, I’m not sure it would be much better.
Fred Vasseur
