The team principal, the latest in a long line to take the position at the Scuderia, has a relaxed and reserved personality withi🐻n the 🍸F1 paddock but has offered an insight into another side of himself.

"You should ask the drivers,” �ꦯ�Vasseur told when asked if the atmosphere at Maranello was too nice.

“You will never see my tough side when I have to say certain t💖hings to a member of the team. 

𓄧“I'm not emotional. I discuss face to face, for me it makes no sense to do these things in public. 

“On Monday꧂ mornings they hear from me oftenꦆ, but with a precise list of things to do and not in front of reporters for a one-man show that doesn't help anyone.”

Vasseur took over from Mattia Binotto this season in an🅘 attempt to lead Ferrari to꧅ their first driver’s championship since 2007.

But Leclerc - and Sainz, given that Vasseur does not conꦇsider eithe🍌r as his undisputed No 1 - have not come close to challenging Red Bull’s Max Verstappen.

However, Vasseur insistsꦅ he retains a close relation𒁃ship with the top management at Ferrari.

"Frequent and good,” he described it. “Ferrari is a very ❀famous company but it has a reasonable size. 

“At least once a week I have dinner with [CEO Benedetto Vigna] and I hear [president John 🦄Elkann] on the phone like an antibiot☂ic, morning, lunch and dinner! 

“Having a relationship like tꦐhis is a huge advantage: if you have to make a decision ﷽the process is very fast. 

“When I was at Renault for certain changes you had to wait for the executive committee to meet, days and days🐼 went by. 

“Here, a problem I ask i🐬n the morning, ꦜ; can have an answer in the afternoon. 

“I can't speak for the past, but I☂ was impressed ಞby the internal communication with the top management and their responsiveness.”