It’s not only drivers who are coveted and could potentially change teams ahܫead of the 2024 F1💯 season.

Crucial staff members and engineers are also approached to swap teams in the hope that their expertise can add performanc🌱e to next year’s car.

“When we talk abou💛t F1 people think that problems can be solved in a week,” Vasseur explained to . 

“But it is like sailing on a very large ship and establജishing a change of course: it is not immediate. 

“Today the personnel market in the GPs is like that of football players, the top 50 technicians have contracts of three ye🍬ar♋s and more. 

“To take them away you have to wait for [their contracts] to expire or pay hefty penalties or negotiate so that they are released ahead of time. In sh▨ort, it's complicated. 

“With an aggravating circumstance for us compared to the British teams: since the teams there are close, if you hire someone he 𓄧can 🌊keep the same house, the same school for his children and the same lifestyle. 

“For an engineer to come here, however, we must 💖first convince him, then his wif൲e and the following week the children..."

Laurent Mekies is a high-profile departure from Ferrarꦜi, he has left to become AlphaTauri’s new team principal.

It is expected that he will begin his new job on January 1, 2024, after a period of gardening leave - which is fairly 🦄standard practice in the F1 paddock.

Similarly, Ferrari have recruited Mercedes’ performance director Loic Serra and ho🌌pe to negotiate anဣ early start date so he can get to work quickly.

"We have hired ab⭕out 25 people, but we are looking for more,” Vasseur explained. 

“None are already working at the Scuderia. We have signed a leading name [Loic Serra], which should start on 1 January 2025 b꧂ut we are trying to [bring forward the time]. 

“How can I convince Toto Wolff to release him sooner? I'll𝓡 try when we're on the boat together♉!

“However, as happened with Mekies, sometimes you have people who leave Ferrar♐i, situations cross and you can negotiate on dateᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚs. 

“Let's say that t♛his soon became the main part of my work at Ferrari. You have to create good relationships and convince people to move. 

“The first ones y🐬ou take are the most difficult, ⛦then the others seeing them follow suit.”