The t🍃eam principal, the latest in a long line to take the position at 𓆏the Scuderia, has a relaxed and reserved personality within the F1 paddock but has offered an insight into another side of himself.

"You should ask the drivers,” Vasseur told whe♉n asked if the atmosphere at Maranello was too✱ nice.

“Y𝓰ou will never see my tough side when I have to say certain things to a member of the team. 

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

“On Monཧday mornings they hear from me often, 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.”

Va♏sseur 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 consider either as his undisputed No 1 - have not come close to challenging Red Bull’s Max Verstappen.

However, Vasseur insists he reta❀ins a close relationship with the🔥 top management at Ferrari.

"Frequent and good,” he described it. “Ferrari is꧅ a very famous company butܫ 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 antibiotic, morning, lunch 💦and dinner! 

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

“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 in the morniꦜng,  can have an answer in the afternoon. 

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