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Vasseur denies 2025 Sainz ousting ‘unfair'

Feb.14 Ferrari's team boss denies he is being 'unfair' by dumping Carlos Sainz at the end of the 2024 season. As the Maranello team unveiled on Tuesday what Auto Motor und Sport described as a 'Red Bull painted in red', boss Frederic Vasseur admitted that having to tell Sainz that he is being replaced with Lewis Hamilton next year 'was not the easiest (phone) call of my life'. 'It was one of the most difficult,' he smiled, 'along with the one to Toto (Wolff).' Indeed, while Frenchman Vasseur and Mercedes boss Wolff are close friends, Vasseur also said he has had a 'very good relationship' with Hamilton 'for 20 years'. 'I don't know what made the difference in the end,' he said when asked...
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