Watching on as Lewis Hamilton won the British Grand Prix, Fred Vasseur says he’d rather that confidence boost had gone to today’s Ferrari driver than next season’s. 945 days after his last Grand Prix victory, Hamilton returned to the top step of the podium having held off the late-charging Max Verstappen at Silverstone. It was a welcome boost for the Mercedes driver who admitted there were times he thought “it’s never going to happen again” as his dry spell continued for two-and-a-half seasons.
The win also silenced his detractors and anyone who was pondering whether Ferrari had made the wrong call dropping Sainz in favour of signing Hamilton as Charles Leclerc’s 2025 team-mate. But while Hamilton’s 2025 team boss Vasseur was happy for the seven-time World Champion to break his duck, he would rather it was Sainz who was celebrating the moment. “First I would’ve been more happy to give the confidence to Carlos this weekend,” he told the media, including PlanetF1.
com. “We will have time to discuss this, but I’m happy for him because I think he deserved it. But we’ll have time to discuss Lewis next year, it’s not the topic of today.
” He added: “We have enough discussions at the moment. We’ll welcome him later. “Now we need to regain the same momentum from the first part of the season because we’re still second in the championship and if we can get back to scoring points with both cars, I’m sure the situation can improve.
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