Vasseur: Difficult to make a big change to the organisation
F1 NewsWednesday, 15 February 2023 at 08:26
Ferrari will make slight changes to their Formula 1 team but anything more substantial can wait until after the opening rounds of the 2023 season, new team principal Fred Vasseur said during the launch of the SF-23.
The Frenchman started work at Maranello only last month after being appointed as replacement to principal Mattia Binotto.
Vasseur said at the launch of the team's new SF-23 car at their Fiorano track: "It's short notice before the first race but I'm using the days to know everybody in the company and go deeply in detail.
"It's difficult to make a big change to the organisation, but we will do some marginal changes... on the race team operation, and then let's see after Bahrain and the first couple of races, what we will do," he added.
Ferrari finished runners-up to Red Bull and now double world champion Max Verstappen in both 2022 championships, their challenge let down by strategy errors and poor reliability as well as mistakes by drivers Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz.
Vasseur has been clear that Ferrari are targeting both titles this season and finishing second again will not be good enough.
Ferrari will be rotating team members to cope with the long season
The 2023 F1 season will have a record 23 races, Ferrari sporting director Laurent Mekies explained there would be more rotation of staff between the factory and racetrack to "create the best environment and rotating our teams where possible."
"Of course, it doesn't apply to every team member but where we feel that a rotation is possible... we have light rotations in such a way that people can have perhaps a little less long calendar and also have a stronger connection with the factory."
Mekies said Ferrari had conducted a "very, very extensive" 360-degree review of last season, looking in detail at the strengths and weaknesses.
"We have been reviewing our processes, we have been reviewing the way we are working in order to make sure that each individual can express itself at best individually and, of course, collectively," he added.
The 2023 F1 season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix at the Sakhir circuit is on March 5, Vasseur's first race in charge.
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