瓦塞尔称赞比诺托帮助完成法拉利的交接工作

Vasseur was signed up by Ferrari in the wake of Binotto resigning last year, after feeling he did not have the necessary support of Ferrari chairman John Elkann and CEO Benedetto Vigna.

While Binotto expressed his ‘regret’ at the time about having to leave behind a team that he felt was on the up, it appears he made sure not to leave Vasseur in the lurch.

Speaking to the media this week about taking over from Binotto, Vasseur made it clear that the transition proceeded in a straightforward way – and he had a lot of support from the outgoing boss.

“The process was crystal clear,” explained Vasseur. “Even if we had some rumours into the press during Abu Dhabi [Grand Prix weekend], we didn't discuss before. We had the first discussion the week after Abu Dhabi and it was very, very quick as a process.

“Then I had a call with Mattia, and I even met Mattia during the handover. And we had a one-to-one discussion.

“It was thanks to Mattia for this, because I appreciated the move from Mattia to stay, to wait for me, and to discuss together.”

由于感到自己没有获得法拉利主席约翰·埃尔坎和首席执行官贝内德托·维尼亚的必要支持，比诺托于去年辞去了法拉利领队一职，由瓦塞尔取而代之。

虽然彼时，比诺托对于不得不离开一支他认为正处于上升期的车队表示“遗憾”，但他确保不会让瓦塞尔陷入困境。

上周，瓦塞尔在接受媒体采访时谈到从比诺托那里接手工作，他明确表示交接进行得非常直截了当，并且他也得到了这位离任的意大利人的大力支持。

“整个过程非常清晰，”瓦塞尔解释道，“即使在阿布扎比大奖赛周末，媒体传出了一些谣言，但我们之前也没有讨论过。我们在阿布扎比之后的一周进行了第一次讨论，这个过程非常非常迅速。然后我和马蒂亚通了电话，我甚至在交接过程中见到了马蒂亚，并进行了一对一的讨论。这要感谢马蒂亚，我很感激他能留下来等我，和我一起讨论。”