Ferrari team principal fred vasseur

Ferrari Team Principal Fred Vasseur: Ferrari Team Principal Fred Vasseur believes the team’s bold decision to debut their latest upgrades at the Belgian Grand Prix will pay dividends this weekend in Hungary, as the Italian squad looks to close the gap to championship leaders McLaren.

Ferrari introduced a long-awaited rear suspension update at Spa-Francorchamps, hoping to address lingering performance issues in low-speed corners. Despite limited practice time due to the Sprint weekend format, the new parts showed promise. Charles Leclerc brought home a podium in third, while Lewis Hamilton recovered from a poor qualifying to finish seventh.

“For sure, you have some upgrades during the season where it’s paying off from lap one,” Vasseur told Sky Sports. “And some others that you have to fine-tune and to understand exactly the behaviour - to understand the correlation with the brakes, ride height and so on. We are still in this process.”