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 woul🐟d 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 Mer✱cedes to make the shock switch to Ferrari from 2025, where he will take the seat currently occupied by Sainz.

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

“As you can ima🐻gine, it was not the easiest call of my life. One of the most difficult was the one with Toto [Woꦐlff]!” Vasseur told media including on Tuesday.

“But I’m fully convinced that he’s a very professional driver. ꩲHe understands th൩at 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 di🎐scussioᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚn, as you can imagine, but I will be fully supportive of Carlos. But he is fully committed and we know we have to do the job together. We are professionals.”

Asked if Ferrari’s decision to sign Hamilton was unfair on the Spaniard, who was the only non-Red Bull driver to win a race in 2023, Vasseu🎀r 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 ha🌃ve to consider in any case. He’s the guy with the b♋iggest experience and it’s a huge opportunity for us.

“It haꦆs 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 relationship.

🅷“It’s like it is a♑nd we have to be focused on the future.”