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14 minutes ago
- BBC News
Team principal Vasseur signs new Ferrari deal
Frederic Vasseur has signed a new contract to continue as Ferrari team principal beyond the end of this 57-year-old Frenchman's deal was due to run out at the end of 2025, but he has agreed what the team have called a "multi-year contract for the coming Formula 1 seasons".Vasseur joined the team at the start of 2023 on what was then a three-year chief executive officer Benedetto Vigna said: "We want to recognise what has been built and commit to what still needs to be achieved."It reflects our trust in Fred's leadership - a trust rooted in shared ambition, mutual expectations and clear responsibility."We move forward with determination and focus, united in our pursuit of the level of performance Ferrari has to aim for."Vasseur said: "I'm grateful for the trust Ferrari continues to place in me. This renewal is not just a confirmation - it's a challenge to keep progressing, to stay focused, and to deliver."Over the past 30 months we've laid strong foundations, and now we must build on them with consistency and determination."We know what's expected, and we're all fully committed to meeting those expectations and taking the next step forward together." The move constitutes an expression of faith in Vasseur's leadership after the first hitch this year in progress under was appointed after Ferrari removed his predecessor Mattia Binotto, following a 2022 season which the team started as the fastest on the grid but saw their title challenge collapse through poor reliability, stuttering car development compared to rivals Red Bull and operational a difficult car at the start of 2023, Vasseur led a turnaround to the point that Ferrari were the only team to win a race other than Red Bull that season, with Carlos Sainz in year, after a slow start, they came on strong in the second part of the season and narrowly missed out on beating McLaren to the constructors' was McLaren's first such triumph since 1998; it would have been Ferrari's since was also instrumental in Ferrari signing seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton over the winter of 2023-24 to join Charles Leclerc in their driver line-up starting from this expecting to progress and fight for both titles in 2025, Ferrari have struggled this won the sprint race in China, the second race of the season, from pole position, but has scored no grand prix podium has five, his best result a second place in are second in the constructors' championship, 268 points behind McLaren and 28 ahead of Mercedes in and Hamilton are fifth and sixth in the drivers' championship, behind the leading drivers for the Red Bull and Mercedes teams, Max Verstappen and George Russell, both of whom have won at least one race.
The Independent
43 minutes ago
- The Independent
Ferrari F1 boss Fred Vasseur signs new contact despite winless run
Ferrari Team Principal, Fred Vasseur, has signed a new long-term contract to remain in charge of the team despite an ongoing winless run in Formula 1 this season. Indeed the last Grand Prix won by the Scuderia came at Mexico City last year when Carlos Sainz finished top of the podium before he was replaced with Lewis Hamilton for the current campaign. Neither Hamilton nor teammate Charles Leclerc has secured a win in 2025 and both have struggled to exert the maximum performance out of their cars. Despite this poor run of form, Ferrari are happy with Vasseur's leadership and have rewarded the 57-year-old with a new contract to keep him at the helm for the coming seasons. The famous F1 team released a statement confirming Vasseur's contract extension which reads: 'Scuderia Ferrari HP is pleased to announce that it has extended, with a multiple-year contract, its agreement with Fred Vasseur, who will continue as Team Principal of Scuderia Ferrari HP for the coming Formula 1 seasons. 'Fred joined the Scuderia at the beginning of 2023, bringing with him extensive motorsport experience and a proven ability to develop talent and build competitive teams across all levels of racing. Since then, he has laid a solid foundation with the ambition of returning Ferrari to the top of Formula 1. 'Renewing Fred's contract reflects Ferrari's determination to build on the foundations laid so far. His ability to lead under pressure, embrace innovation, and pursue performance aligns fully with Ferrari's values and long-term ambitions. Under Fred's leadership, Scuderia Ferrari HP is united, focused, and committed to continuous improvement. 'The trust placed in him reflects the team's confidence in its strategic direction and reinforces a shared determination to deliver the results that Ferrari's fans, drivers, and team members expect and deserve.' The Formula 1 season continues this weekend with the Hungarian Grand Prix where Hamilton, an eight-time winner here, will look to turn his season around.
Daily Mail
17 hours ago
- Daily Mail
Rising NBC News star Tom Llamas 'stuns co-workers with "aggressive and extremely challenging" management style'
The new face of NBC News, Tom Llamas, has brought 'a much more hands-on and hard-charging' approach to the program than that of his predecessor Lester Holt, a new report has revealed. The no-nonsense style is reportedly upsetting staffers used to a more laid-back approach from Holt, multiple people 'familiar with the' matter told Breaker. Llamas, in contrast, is more aggressive, the insider accounts claimed. 'He has a management style that has been extremely challenging on some of the team,' one staffer said of Llamas, 46. 'He challenges people to do their best, to think more deeply about the editorial process,' a correspondent added. 'It helps us to raise our game. The expectations are high, but they should be.' A producer further told Daily Mail: 'His energy is infectious, he raises the bar for everyone.' The rising star's executive producer, Meghan Rafferty, called it 'super fun' working with Llamas', during a lunchtime meeting at 30 Rock Tuesday. There, she told staffers she was leaving to join MSNBC's new parent company Versant. Holt, 66, left the program last spring after ten years at the helm and was well-liked by viewers. Llamas now has his work cut out for him to try and catch up with ABC World News Tonight's David Muir, who last week scored his biggest ratings win over NBC Nightly News in more than a year. Llamas, once Muir's protégé, has done well with younger viewers, occasionally his older rival in the key 25-54 year-old demographic twice since his start in June. That age group is particularly sought by advertisers because it tends to have higher disposable income. He has also continued to anchor his other show, NBC News Now's Top Story, where there has been virtually no turnover turnover since he started hosting in 2021, sources told Daily Mail. But Holt, a fixture in American households for more than a decade, was a major loss. The 66-year-old newsman remains at the network with Dateline - a decision he told Variety in May stemmed from a deep-rooted desire to get his hands dirty with stories that do not demand a desk. Insiders told Breaker that Rafferty's move, similarly, stemmed from a desire to avoid the daily rat race of producing a show that requires a certain style of leadership. Llamas' style - at least compared to Holt's 'low-key and unassuming' style that the New York Times talked up in a profile penned in 2019 - has been difficult for some to digest. He's been in the hot seat for just eight weeks. Previously, before joining NBC News in 2021, he worked under Muir as a weekend host on World News Tonight. The show, once second-place to NBC Nightly News, is comfortably in first place with 7.272 million average total viewers as of the week of July 21, new Nielsen numbers show - much more than Llamas' 5.6 million. June was also ABC's biggest ratings win in three decades for the second quarter, continuing a trend of dominance started by Muir after he succeeded a then second-place Diane Sawyer. Llamas' strides against Muir, 51, with winning over younger viewers, however, unsettled ABC News bosses who regard Muir as the network's crown jewel, sources told Daily Mail last month. Llamas, 46, previously told The Washington Post of his desire 'to be number one.' 'It's not easy,' he said. 'But it's something I think we can do.'
