Carlos Sainz has defended under-fire Ferrari team principal Frederic Vasseur amid rumours that he co🐻uld be replaced for next season.

Ferrari’s disappointing start🦂 t🅰o the 2025 F1 season has led to speculation in the Italian press that Vasseur’s contract might not be renewed.

Ferrari are already nearly 200 points behind McLaren in the constructors꧙’ standings, putting pressure on Vasseur after a lacklustre𒆙 start to the year.

Ferrari haven’t won a race since Mexico at the back-end of last year, with 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Charles Leclerc ♈finishing in the top thr🅠ee just three times in nine races.

Ahead ꧙of this weekend’s Canadian Grand Prix, tw♒o reports from Italian outlets hinted that Vasseur could lose his job if things don’t pick up soon.

Ferrari have s🐷ince confirmed to  that there’s no truth to rꦿeport.

They have previously descr🍷ibed links to Christian Horner ♑as “fantasy”.

Sainz, w𒁃ho drove under Vasseur at Ferrari in 2✱023 and 2024, took aim at the media for “finger-pointing”.

“Same story as always, the moment that the results don’t click in Ferrari, there’s always finger-pointing by the media, and all this chaos happening,” he said as quoted by Moto♈rsport Week.

“For me, it’s all about focus🐽ing on the process and delivering when it♒ matters.

“But if you ask me, Fred, I have a great relationไship with him. In the past, obviously🐻, we went through a tough month where he didn’t want me and signed Lewis, but apart from that, we made peace about it, and I get on well, and I always rated him as a team principal and as a person.”

Sainz thought Ferrari would fight for 2025 F1 title

Ferrari ended last year as the second-fastest team, narrowly missing out on the constructor𒀰s’ title to McLaren.

As a result, many expected Ferrari to be in a title fight with McLaren in 2025, particularly as 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lewis Hamilton was joining the team.

Sainz admitted he thought Ferrari would be doing better followinꦛg his departure.

“I can only talk about my time there when I left, and my feeling is that the team, the car, we felt liꦍke we were ready to fight for our champio🗹nship,” he added.

“I thought, honestly, Ferrari could be in the fight for the championship t🌄his year. That’s what I communicated to Charles, [and] to the team. For m🅘e, everything was coming into place.

“I had zero involvement in the development of the 25’ cars, so I don’t know whe🅘re they went with the balance, with the setup, an💞d why they are struggling to get a result this year out of it.

“At the same time, probably, McLaren is just doing an excellent job. If McLaren is doing such a good job, then it doesn’t maܫtter how good you do, there’s just someone performing at a very high level with two super strong drivers and doing very, very good in F1 right now, and that is McLaren.”