Vasseur issues Ferrari update amid ‘angry’ engineers and ‘relations strained’ reports

Amid claims in Italy of some “angry” Ferrari engineers over comments made by Charles Leclerc, and “strained relations” between departments, Fred Vasseur’s look ahead to the United States Grand Prix brought clarity.

As the Ferrari team principal acknowledged the difficulties of recent weekends – the Scuderia battling to keep pace in the scrap for second in the Constructors’ Championship – Ferrari is a team “united”, Vasseur insists, arriving at the Circuit of The Americas.

Ferrari a ‘united’ front going into United States GP

The competition has grown increasingly fierce for Ferrari. Red Bull are reaping the rewards of a continued RB21 upgrades push, with Max Verstappen having won two of the last four grands prix, Monza and Baku. He has not finished lower than second across that spell