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 group.
“We now have to be absolutely targeted on the season,” he stated. “It is going to be a really tight interval between the primary day and the launch and I need to have all people absolutely targeted on efficiency.
“We now have 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, as an instance. I need to be targeted on growth 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 gained extra races than Mercedes so it was not tough to persuade him Ferrari could be a superb challenge,” he stated.
“He had the challenge to drive for Ferrari in his thoughts for no less than 22 or 23 years as a result of we have been discussing this in 2004. It was not too tough.
“Generally it’s also a matter of coincidence or to align all of the planets, that he’s available on the market, that Ferrari have a seat obtainable and so forth. The contact was a straightforward one. We began to debate one 12 months in the past and it was not tough to persuade him.”
Ferrari misplaced out on the constructors’ championship to McLaren by 14 factors on the remaining race of 2024 and Vasseur stated he anticipated subsequent season to be one other shut struggle between the highest 4 groups, together with Pink Bull and Mercedes.
“What now we have 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 virtually 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 positive subsequent 12 months the championship will probably be additionally tight and we will not let one level run away.”
