Ferrari will launch their 2025 automotive in Maranello on 19 January, the day after F1’s first official “season launch”, which is being held on the O2 in London.
Vasseur stated Hamilton would don’t have any additional public engagements for the group.
“We now have to be absolutely centered on the season,” he stated. “It is going to be a really tight interval between the primary day and the launch and I wish to have all people absolutely centered on efficiency.
“We now have the launch of the championship and the launch of the automotive. It’s two occasions and for me it’s far an excessive amount of. Or it’s far sufficient, for instance. I wish to be centered on improvement and efficiency and never on the present.”
And Vasseur spoke for the primary time about his talks with Hamilton final winter that led to him becoming a member of Ferrari.
“In 2023 we received extra races than Mercedes so it was not troublesome to persuade him Ferrari could be challenge,” he stated.
“He had the challenge to drive for Ferrari in his thoughts for at the very least 22 or 23 years as a result of we have been discussing this in 2004. It was not too troublesome.
“Typically it is usually a matter of coincidence or to align all of the planets, that he’s available on the market, that Ferrari have a seat obtainable and so forth. The contact was a simple one. We began to debate one yr in the past and it was not troublesome to persuade him.”
Ferrari misplaced out on the constructors’ championship to McLaren by 14 factors on the remaining race of 2024 and Vasseur stated he anticipated subsequent season to be one other shut struggle between the highest 4 groups, together with Pink Bull and Mercedes.
“What we’ve got to do to win subsequent yr is about particulars,” he stated. “We made good enhancements in each space however we’re nonetheless lacking 14 factors within the championship. It’s a lot and virtually nothing, it’s a DNF, a race incident, a strategic resolution.
“We’re talking about particulars on each single pillar. Each single mistake, each resolution will make an enormous resolution. I’m positive subsequent yr the championship might be additionally tight and we will not let one level run away.”