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Vasseur: "More aggressive" mentality the biggest Ferrari improvement in F1 2023
Vasseur took over as head of Ferrari in the winter of 2023, bringing a more risk-oriented and aggressive approach to the team. Although he arrived too late to make significant changes to the 2023 car, his reorganisation efforts showed promise in the second half of the season. The team struggled with upgrades due to chassis limitations, but Vasseur believed that their mentality shift yielded more lap time. The tightness of the grid in 2023 meant that even a few tenths of improvement could make a significant difference, as Ferrari narrowly missed out on second place in the constructors’ championship to Mercedes. Vasseur emphasized that the team’s progress was more on the track operation and approach than on the development of the car itself.
