Ferrari entered the 2026 play hoping their preparations for wide regularisation changes covering cars and engines would springiness them a accidental to go title contenders.
But, though their chassis started the play regarded arsenic the champion successful F1, their motor has fallen abbreviated of the show acceptable by Mercedes and Red Bull.
Ferrari are 2nd successful the constructors' title aft 15 of a scheduled 23 races, but a monolithic 160 points down leaders Mercedes and much acrophobic astir fending disconnected a situation from McLaren, who are 72 points adrift successful 3rd place.
On Saturday aft the contention Lewis Hamilton was asked whether helium was inactive assured Ferrari were heading successful the close absorption nether Vasseur. He replied: "Yes."
Vasseur said aft the contention successful Baku successful notation to speculation astir his future: "We are not moving successful the cleanable serenity. For me, first, but for everybody successful the team, for the media, for 50% of the questions [to be] astir this, it's a spot of a frustrating situation.
"We are warring for P2 successful the championship, and astatine the extremity of the time we are each speaking a batch astir this, and adjacent for the guys successful the garage, to sermon astir this, it's the champion treatment that we tin have.
"But it is what it is - it's not successful my hands. Mr Horner is looking for a occupation - that everybody knows - everywhere.
"But what tin I do? Just effort to bash my champion to propulsion the team, to emergence them to beryllium motivated."
Vasseur signed a caller declaration with Ferrari successful July past year. Ferrari did not accidental however agelong it lasted beyond describing it arsenic "a multi-year declaration for the coming Formula 1 seasons".
Vasseur joined Ferrari astatine the commencement of 2023 aft erstwhile squad main Mattia Binotto was removed pursuing a agleam commencement to the erstwhile regularisation acceptable successful 2022 was followed by a slump marked by mediocre reliability and questionable operational decisions.
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