Ecclestone: “Ferrari’s problem? Too many Italians telling us what to do and what not to do”

The ups and downs of Ferrari “We were not champions in Barcelona and we are not stupid in Austria”, explained Ferrari team principal Frederic Vasseur, calling everyone to be more balanced in their judgments on the Ferrari’s performance.
On the other hand, Vasseur’s role as a ‘firefighter’ is well known and even after Lewis Hamilton’s victory he warned everyone not to indulge in flights of fancy and celebrate the success with the emphasis of world champions. The Bernie Ecclestone theory At the Red Bull Ring there was a Bernie Ecclestone in great form, despite his 95 springs, who presented the prize to the winner George Russell.
In a meeting with some newspapers, including Crash.net which reported these statements, Ecclestone was asked for his opinion on the situation in Maranello. “The problem with Ferrari in my opinion is that there are too many Italians busy explaining what to do and what not,” said Bernie Ecclestone, who then dusted off his well-known theory of one man in charge also for the Prancing Horse: “It really only takes one person to say: ‘Do this’ or ‘Do that’. Whether they are right or wrong, only time will tell.” An old warhorse of Ecclestone It is not the first time that Bernie Ecclestone has brought up the refrain of too many Italians in Ferrari. It had already happened in 2017, when he explained Sebastian Vettel’s unsuccessful world championship chase in the same way by saying that “running a successful team is not in the Italian DNA”.
Same refrain also in 2020, when Ecclestone claimed that “Ferrari’s problem is the Italians, who want to control everything”.

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2026-06-29 18:30:00