Ferrari F1 team principal Fred Vasseur has admitted telling 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Carlos Sainz tha168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:t Lewis Hamilton would b꧒e replacing him was “not the ♔easiest call of my life”.

At the start of this month🌞 it was confirmed that Hamilton would be quitting Mercedes to make the shock switch to Ferrari from 2💦025, where he will take the seat currently occupied by Sainz.

Vasseur conceded calling Sainz up to inform him of the bombshell news was d🅠ifficult, as was the call with Mercedes boss and close fr෴iend Toto Wolff.

“As you can imagine, it was not the easiest call of m⭕y life. One of the most difficult was the one with Toto [Wolff]!” Vasseur told media including on Tuesday.

“But I’m fully convinced that he’s a very profession🅘al driver. He understands that we have a long season ahead of us. It’s a huge opportunity and I think it’s also a dream situation to have the team behind him.

“We had a long discussion, as you can imagine, but I will be fully 🔥supportive of Carlos. But he is fully committed and we know ಞwe have to do the job together. We are professionals.”

Asked if Ferrari’s decision to sign Hamilton was unfair on the Sp🃏aniard, who was the only non-Red Bull driver to win a race in 2023, Vasseur responded: “Unfair, I don’t know if this is the right word.

"Because I think for the team the opportunity of [signing] Lewis is s🙈omething that you have to consider in any case. He’s the guy with the biggest experience and it’s a huge opportunity for us.

“It has nothing to do with Carlos. Caﷺrlos did a great job last year and I’m sure he’ll do a great job this year. But he’s very professional and we have a very good personal relationship.

“It’s like it♕ is and we have to be fo🐠cused on the future.”