Leclerc’s praise for Vasseur did not end there. Later in the session, Leclerc again addressed the rumors about Vasseur’s tenure, as well as the environment and “hype” around the team with Lewis Hamilton’s arrival.

Charles Leclerc has hailed Fred Vasseur’s “vision” and cold-blooded approach after the Ferrari team principal was handed a new contract following speculation about his future.

Despite the arrival of much-vaunted new rear suspension geometry for the SF-25, a distant fourth place in the Belgian GP sprint race wasn’t “far off the maximum potential” of the Ferrari at Spa-Franco