Even before he starts work at Maranello on January 9, new Ferrari team boss Frederic Vasseur looks set to deal with immediate internal “conflict”. Now, former Alfa Romeo team boss and Frenchman Vasseur will arrive to discover a tricky situation in Ferrari’s driver camp – with the Charles Leclerc rumoured to have been in conflict with Binotto. “Audi isn’t set up in such a way that they want absolutely everything to be German,” Ralf said. “I’m curious to see what ideas Andreas has for the drivers,” Schumacher added. “With Andreas Seidl going to Sauber, there is another German anchor there,” Gorner said. “Markus Duesmann wanted a German boss but definitely also a German driver at Audi in the medium term. He wants to be a Formula 1 driver, not a test driver.

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