It’s not only drivers 𒆙who are coveted and could potentially change teams ahead of the 2024 F1 season.

Crucial staff members and engineers are also approached to swap teams in the hope that their expertise can add performance t𓂃o next year’s car.

“When we talk about F1 people think that problems can be solved in a week,” Vasseur ✅explained to . 

“But it is like sailin🐻g on a very large ship and establishing a change of cou🌊rse: it is not immediate. 

“Today 💞the personnel market in the GPs is like that of footb🙈all players, the top 50 technicians have contracts of three years and more. 

“To take them away you have to wait🎶 for [their contracts] to expire or pay hefty penalties or negotiate so that they are released ahꦡead of time. In short, it's complicated. 

“With an aggravating circumstance for us compared to the British teams: since the teams there are 𝄹close, if you hire someone he can keep the same house, the same school for his children and the same lifestyle. 

“For an engineer to come here, however, we must first c🏅onvince him, then his wife and the following week the children🍰..."

Laurent Mekies is a high-profile departure from Ferrari, he has left to become AlphaTauri’s new team princiꦓpal.

It is expected that he will begin his new job on January 1, 2024, after a period of gardening leave - which is fairly standard practice in the ♊F1 pa♒ddock.

Similarly, Ferrari have recruited🐼 Mercedes’ performance director Loic Serra and hope to negotiate an early start d🌞ate so he can get to work quickly.

"We have hired about♑ 25 people, but ♓we are looking for more,” Vasseur explained. 

“None are already working at the Scuderia. We haveꦰ signed a leading name [Loic Serra], which should start on 1 January 2025 but we are trying to [bring 𓆉forward the time]. 

🍒“How can I convince Toto Wolff to release him sooner? I'll try when we're on the boat tog⛄ether!

“However, as happened with Mekies, sometimes you have people who leave Ferrari, situations cross a🍃nd you can negotiate on dates. 

“Let's say that this soon became the main part of my work at Ferrari. You have to create good relꦍationships and convince people to mov🎶e. 

“The first ones you ಌtake are the most difficult, then the others seeing them follow suit.”