Each drivers have offers in place till the top of 2024 however amid summer season hypothesis that Sainz was going through stress to maintain his seat, Vasseur had stated the staff hoped to kind the paperwork come the top of this 12 months.
Given the dearth of affirmation because the weeks have gone on, more moderen rumours unfold that Leclerc had signed a bumper five-year deal that would take his annual wage as much as €50 million.
However Vasseur says the “large chaos” surrounding a “very demanding” finish of the 2023 marketing campaign meant driver negotiations have been in the end placed on the back-burner and an official determination is due quickly.
Talking at a media occasion in Maranello, he stated: “They’re below contract with us till the top of 2024. It implies that now we have nonetheless 13 months in entrance of us.
“It is fairly snug. We now have nonetheless numerous weeks and months in entrance of us.
“I informed [the press] that I’ll attempt to take a choice earlier than the top of the 12 months. I’ve to confess that the final a part of the season was a giant chaos for everyone. I believe that it was very demanding.
“We had conferences and we began the dialogue, however we’re late in comparison with the preliminary plan.
“However it’s not a problem in any respect. We’re a lot in superior in comparison with Mercedes [announcing new deals for Lewis Hamilton and George Russell in late August].
“We’re straightforward on this and can take the choice quickly.”
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Frederic Vasseur, Workforce Principal and Common Supervisor, Scuderia Ferrari
Motorsport.com anticipates a three-year extension for Leclerc and a two-year deal for Sainz.
Vasseur added that, regardless of Leclerc being considered externally as Ferrari’s main gentle, his two drivers have equal standing – underlined by a Singapore Grand Prix through which Leclerc sacrificed his tyre option to defend towards Russell to assist Sainz to the staff’s sole win of the season.
“We confirmed this season that now we have a greater than equal therapy between the drivers,” added Vassuer.
“I bear in mind completely that one 12 months in the past that I had tons of questions on Charles primary and Carlos quantity two and blah, blah, blah, blah…
“It isn’t that now we have a primary, the larger asset. We now have two drivers. They’re doing a great job…
“I believe one of many good level of the season is that they rating virtually the identical variety of factors. [Leclerc: fifth, 206 points; Sainz: seventh, 200].
“I’ll think about this 12 months in the identical strategy to give them precisely the identical degree.”
Further Reporting Roberto Chinchero and Franco Nugnes
