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Ferrari’s Vasseur Sounds Alarm on Devastating Overheating Crisis: “We Can’t Manage 95% of the Race!”

Arthur Ling by Arthur Ling
October 6, 2025
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Ferrari’s Vasseur Sounds Alarm on Devastating Overheating Crisis: “We Can’t Manage 95% of the Race!”

Ferrari’s Formula 1 Nightmare: Vasseur Slams Team’s Overheating Crisis!

In a fiery post-race press conference following the Singapore Grand Prix, Ferrari’s Team Principal Frederic Vasseur unleashed a storm of criticism aimed squarely at the alarming overheating issues plaguing the SF-25. This was not the usual diplomatic Vasseur; instead, he came armed with frustration and urgency, declaring that the team’s persistent thermal woes could spell disaster in their championship chase against Mercedes.

The heat of the moment was palpable as Vasseur tackled the catastrophic brake failure that Lewis Hamilton suffered at the race’s climax—a direct consequence of the very overheating problems Ferrari has desperately struggled to contain. “We had overheating issues not from the first lap but from the second or third,” Vasseur lamented. “We were forced into a ‘lift and coast’ strategy, which is no easy feat for the drivers. They had to adjust their braking points every single lap.”

The implications of this strategy are staggering. Imagine racing at the highest level, only to spend 95% of the race managing your car instead of pushing it to the limit. Vasseur emphasized the futility of such a situation: “When you’re doing lift and coast, the time lost isn’t just at the end of the straight—it’s about finding the right braking point. Each lap was a gamble, a constant adjustment that cost us dearly.”

As the dust settled on the race, Vasseur did not hold back in his assessment of Hamilton’s fastest lap, which he dismissed as a misleading performance. “He fitted a fresh set of soft tires at the end. For me, it’s a fake fastest lap. We weren’t in the same conditions,” he stated, illustrating his team’s ongoing struggles. While acknowledging that Ferrari could show decent pace when unencumbered by management, he expressed deep frustration: “It’s maddening for us because we feel that if we could run three laps straight without managing, our pace wouldn’t have been bad.”

Vasseur’s raw honesty highlighted a grim reality for the Scuderia: despite flashes of potential early in the weekend, the team has been unable to extract maximum performance from the car. “At Baku and Singapore, our pace looked good at the start of the weekend, but we haven’t been able to capitalize,” he said, underscoring the ongoing challenges of managing overheating throughout the race. “We are struggling like hell to manage the car for the entire race, and in the end, it’s frustrating for the team because we aren’t pushing the way we should.”

With the championship hopes hanging by a thread, Vasseur’s words resonate louder than ever. Ferrari must resolve these overheating issues if they are to even remotely contend for the title. The pressure is on, and the clock is ticking—will the Scuderia rise from the ashes of their recent failures, or are they destined to remain a shadow of their former glory? The world will be watching.

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