Wolff responds to Vasseur on the update controversy: “He’s French, he gets angry immediately”

The duel between Ferrari and Mercedes continues well beyond the track and develops on a parallel political level. But it is certainly not something new in the last few hours: it is a story that has been going on since the winter and the case – later resolved with a patch by the FIA ​​and never mentioned again – of the compression ratio and which continues with the ADUO and the aerodynamic and mechanical updates.
Toto Wolff’s latest outing (“Ferrari seems to have unlimited updates. The budget cap money will soon run out”) was not liked by Frédéric Vasseur, who saw the Maranello team’s correctness and respect for the rules insinuated. At Silverstone the transalpine manager responded in kind in the press conference, inviting everyone – including Wolff – to calm down. Wolff tries to defuse When asked after qualifying by Sky Sport F1, Toto Wolff wanted to defuse the tensions with Vasseur with a smile while maintaining his position: “I’ve known Fred for many years. He’s always been a person of a lot of emotion and gets angry quickly. On the other hand, he’s French… But it’s normal, all of us are passionate about our team and want to do well.” “I just made an observation that they have already put a lot of updates in the car and it’s not possible for us to do it now, but we will do it at the end of the season. I didn’t say he’s a cheat, but he probably stopped at the headline and didn’t read the articles. Your headlines are always a bit aggressive and he didn’t read the rest.” Too close to be friends The excellent relationship between Vasseur and Wolff is certainly no secret although, for Toto, Ferrari is now too close not to be influenced by this: “Fred and I have been friends for a long time, but at the moment it’s too competitive to be competitive. Ferrari has made huge steps forward and they are doing a lot of good things.”

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2026-07-04 18:00:00