Ferrari will launch their 2025 automobile in Maranello on 19 January, the day after F1’s first official “season launch”, which is being held on the O2 in London.
Vasseur stated Hamilton would don’t have any additional public engagements for the workforce.
“We’ve to be totally targeted on the season,” he stated. “It will likely be a really tight interval between the primary day and the launch and I need to have everyone totally targeted on efficiency.
“We’ve the launch of the championship and the launch of the automobile. It’s two occasions and for me it’s far an excessive amount of. Or it’s far sufficient, for instance. I need to be targeted on improvement and efficiency and never on the present.”
And Vasseur spoke for the primary time about his talks with Hamilton final winter that led to him becoming a member of Ferrari.
“In 2023 we received extra races than Mercedes so it was not troublesome to persuade him Ferrari could be an excellent undertaking,” he stated.
“He had the undertaking to drive for Ferrari in his thoughts for a minimum of 22 or 23 years as a result of we have been discussing this in 2004. It was not too troublesome.
“Typically it is usually a matter of coincidence or to align all of the planets, that he’s in the marketplace, that Ferrari have a seat accessible and so forth. The contact was a simple one. We began to debate one 12 months in the past and it was not troublesome to persuade him.”
Ferrari misplaced out on the constructors’ championship to McLaren by 14 factors on the last race of 2024 and Vasseur stated he anticipated subsequent season to be one other shut struggle between the highest 4 groups, together with Crimson Bull and Mercedes.
“What we’ve to do to win subsequent 12 months is about particulars,” he stated. “We made good enhancements in each space however we’re nonetheless lacking 14 factors within the championship. It’s a lot and nearly nothing, it’s a DNF, a race incident, a strategic choice.
“We’re talking about particulars on each single pillar. Each single mistake, each choice will make an enormous choice. I’m certain subsequent 12 months the championship will probably be additionally tight and we won’t let one level run away.”
