F1 Is Like Cooking: Vasseur

Ferrari boss says you need all the ingredients for success and it's only fifth stage of season

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JEDDAH - Ferrari boss Fred Vasseur on April 18 likened success in the cauldron of Formula One to "cooking" after his team made a sluggish start to 2025, Lewis Hamilton's debut win in Scuderia red in the sprint race in China aside.

The iconic Italian marque, without a drivers' title since Kimi Raikkonen won in 2007, are struggling to take the fight to leaders McLaren, Mercedes and Red Bull, with Charles Leclerc's pair of fourth-place finishes in Japan and Bahrain their best results.

In the constructors' battle Ferrari are fourth, lagging 94 points behind McLaren after four rounds of the 24-race season.

Vasseur said there was no quick fix, with the teams so close in performance after the period of Red Bull domination.

"The ingredients are all there, but it's like cooking. You have to put the ingredients together at the right stage," said the Frenchman, 56, ahead of this weekend's Saudi Arabian Grand Prix.

With his good humour and lively intelligence, Vasseur has proved an assured leader of Ferrari.