Ferrari F1 team principal Fred Vasseur has admitted telling 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Carlos Sainz tha168澳洲5最新开奖结果:t Lewis Hamilton wo🥂uld be replacing him was “not the easiest🌠 call of my life”.

At the start of this month it was confirmed that Hamilton would be quitting Mercedes to make the shock swit🌃ch to Ferrari from 2025, where he will take the seat♍ currently occupied by Sainz.

Vasseur conceded calling Sainz up to inform him of the bombshell news was difficult, as wasܫ the call with Mercedes boss and close🌄 friend Toto Wolff.

“As you can imagine, it was not the easiest call of my life. One of the♑ most𝓰 difficult was the one with Toto [Wolff]!” Vasseur told media including on Tuesday.

“But I’m fully conಞvinced that he’s a very professional driver. He understands ⭕that we have a long season ahead of us. It’s a huge opportunity and I think it’s also a dream situation to have the team behind him.

“We had a long discussion, as you can imagine, but I will be fully supportive of Carlos. But he is fully committed and we know we have to do t𝄹he job together. We are professionals.”

Asked if Fer🐻rari’s decision to sign Hamilton was unfair on the Spaniard, who was the only non-Red Bull driver to win a race in 2023, Vasseur responded: “Unfair, I don’t know if this is the right word.

"Because I think for the team the opportunity of [signing] Lewis is something that you have to co🅷nsider in any case. He’s the guy with the biggest experience and it’s a huge opportunity for us.

“It has nothing to do with Carlos. Carlos did a great job last year and I’👍m sure he’ll do a great job this year. But he’s very professional and we have a very good personal relationsh𒁃ip.

“It’s like i💃t is and we have to be focused on the future.”