法拉利罕见召开发布会力挺领队瓦塞尔
法拉利周二仓促安排电话发布会，宣布对领队弗雷德·瓦塞尔“完全信任”，以平息关于其职位未来的传闻。此举是针对前红牛老板克里斯蒂安·霍纳的言论所引发的媒体“风暴”。
法拉利宣布对领队弗雷德·瓦塞尔“完全信任”，以平息关于其职位未来的猜测。
这一罕见的表态来自周二仓促安排的电话发布会，这家意大利车队表示，此举是对上周末前红牛老板克里斯蒂安·霍纳的言论所引发的不断升温的媒体“风暴”的回应。
霍纳此前为宣传新书接受《泰晤士报》采访时表示，法拉利是他唯一愿意在不持部分股权的情况下效力的车队。
这些言论足以引发关于霍纳可能接替瓦塞尔的讨论，而瓦塞尔在车队中的职位近几站比赛以来一直受到审视。
虽然这类关于法拉利高层变动的猜测早已不是什么新鲜事，但这一次不同的是，瓦塞尔认为这些猜测已经开始损害车队。
他在阿塞拜疆大奖赛之后表示，这是一个令人“沮丧”的局面，因为他不断被问及自己的未来，而这已经影响了维修区内的情绪。
“我们无法在完全平静的环境中工作，”他 感叹道。
正是这一后果，促使法拉利选择公开表态，宣布对瓦塞尔的全力支持。
法拉利首席传播官玛丽亚·孔蒂（Maria Conti）对部分媒体表示：“法拉利的立场很明确，没有改变，法拉利已经做出了自己的选择。我们对弗雷德·瓦塞尔（Fred Vasseur）以及他的团队充满信心，完全的信心，并且我们会继续如此。”
孔蒂强调，当前正是法拉利需要保持“团结和凝聚”的时刻，这正是车队希望在下一场比赛之前平息这些谣言的原因。
孔蒂说：“我们希望避免在马来西亚的下一个比赛周末，焦点只落在这类流言和猜测上。”
F1车队通常不愿意发布声明或进行详细表态，去否认媒体上出现的各种猜测。
此类举动往往适得其反，因为它们只会进一步助长谣言。
在体育界也很出名的一个现象，尤其是在足球领域，就是每当主教练获得董事会的全力支持时，这往往实际上预示着解雇已经近在眼前。
法拉利解释说，这次之所以决定公开表达对瓦塞尔的支持，是因为这些谣言正在对车队造成影响，而且相关报道似乎愈演愈烈而不是逐渐平息。
孔蒂表示，法拉利早已习惯了多次“舆论风暴”——她提到了今年早些时候法拉利Luce电动汽车发布时所引发的那场争议。
但法拉利感到，在阿塞拜疆大奖赛之后，局面已经逐渐失控。
“事实是，在比赛结束后，从周日到昨天，这种传播的力量一直在不断增强，”她说，“通常情况下它应该是逐渐减弱的。”
“所有人——不仅仅是你们媒体，还有来自世界各地的意大利媒体——他们仍在围绕弗雷德编造各种不同的故事，而这没有任何用处。所以我们才决定这么做。”
孔蒂表示，法拉利否认关于瓦塞尔的猜测，不仅仅是为了回应霍纳采访引发的风波，也针对近几周出现的其他传闻。
“我们不打算助长猜测，也不会对来自公司外部的种种假设发表评论，”她说。
“这不仅与《泰晤士报》上关于霍纳先生的报道有关，总体上还存在其他各种猜测。”
但在被问到霍纳谈及法拉利吸引力那番言论时，孔蒂表示：“法拉利一直吸引着非同寻常的关注，许多专业人士渴望成为其中一员，这是很自然的事。”
“这正反映了法拉利真正代表的实力。”
在近期的历史中，通常由法拉利主席约翰·埃尔坎或首席执行官贝内代托·维尼亚发表支持声明，以平息此类猜测。
孔蒂明确表示，现阶段他们无需发表任何声明，因为她的声明已与两人完全保持一致。
“法拉利的立场是明确的，不会改变，”她说。“我身边没有约翰和贝内代托，但我当然与管理层高层保持一致，法拉利已经做出了自己的选择。”
“我们对弗雷德·瓦塞尔和他的团队充满信心。什么都没有改变，我们将继续如此。就是这样。”
当被问到为什么埃尔坎和维尼亚这次没有亲自发表任何言论时，孔蒂回答说：“我们没有预料到要做什么电话会议之类的，因为通常我们在法拉利周围有很多不同领域的沟通，而且不仅仅是车队方面。
“所以为什么仅仅因为一条新闻，我们就需要让董事长和首席执行官站到镜头前？我觉得有玛丽亚出面就足够了。”
英文原文
Ferrari has moved to silence speculation about Fred Vasseur’s future as team principal after declaring its “full confidence” in him.
The unusual move to assert its stance came in a hastily arranged press call on Tuesday, as the Italian team reacted to what it said was a growing media "storm" triggered by comments from former Red Bull boss Christian Horner that were published last weekend.
Horner had told The Times, as part of a piece to publicise his new book, that Ferrari was the only team he would be willing to work at without having part-ownership.
Those comments were enough to fuel talk about Horner being a potential candidate to replace Vasseur, whose role at the squad has been under scrutiny for several races now.
While such speculation about change at the top is nothing new at Ferrari, what is different this time is that Vasseur thinks it has started damaging the team.
He said after the Azerbaijan Grand Prix that it was a “frustrating” situation where he was constantly being asked about his future and that was impacting the mood in the garage.
“We are not working in the perfect serenity," he lamented.
It was this consequence that Ferrari said was the reason why it has chosen to go public and declare its full support for Vasseur.
Maria Conti, Ferrari’s chief communications officer, told selected media: “Ferrari's position is clear, has not changed, and Ferrari has made its choices already. We have confidence, full confidence, in Fred Vasseur and in his team, and we continue to do so.”
Conti emphasised that this was a time when Ferrari needed to remain “united and cohesive”, which is why it wanted to kill the rumours off before the next race.
“We would like to avoid that the next weekend in Malaysia will be focused only on this kind of gossip and speculation,” Conti said.
F1 teams are normally reluctant to issue statements or speak at length to deny speculation that has appeared in the media.
Such moves are often counterproductive as they only serve to further fuel rumours.
It is also well known in sport, too, especially football, that any time a manager has the full backing of the board it can often actually signal a sacking is close at hand.
Ferrari explained that it had decided to go public with its support of Vasseur on this occasion because of the impact that the rumours were having on the team, plus the fact that the story seemed to be getting bigger rather than fading away.
Conti said that Ferrari was used to many “storms of communication” – as she referenced the controversy that had come from the launch earlier this year of the Ferrari Luce electric car.
But Ferrari felt that things had been getting out of control after the Azerbaijan GP.
“The fact is that after the race and on Sunday and yesterday, this power of communication was increasing,” she said. “Normally it is going down.
“Everybody - not just you guys, but also Italian media from all over the world - they are still creating a lot of different stories around Fred, and this is not useful. So this is why we decided to do that.”
Conti said that Ferrari’s move to deny speculation about Vasseur was not just about the fallout from Horner’s interview, but other stories that had emerged over recent weeks too.
“We do not intend to fuel speculation or comment on assumptions coming from outside the company,” she said.
“It is not just related to the story in The Times of Mr. Horner, but in general there was other speculation also.”
But in a reference to the remarks where Horner spoke of the attraction of Ferrari, Conti said: “Ferrari has always attracted extraordinary interest, and it is only natural that many professionals aspire to be part of it.
"It is a reflection of the strength of what Ferrari really represents.”
In recent history, it has been normal for Ferrari chairman John Elkann or CEO Benedetto Vigna to issue statements of support to quell such speculation.
Conti made clear that anything from them was unnecessary at this stage because her statement was made in full alignment with them.
“Ferrari's position is clear and does not change,” she said. “I don't have John and Benedetto with me, but I'm, of course, aligned with the top management, and Ferrari has made its choices.
“There is confidence in Fred Vasseur and his team. Nothing has changed, and we continue to do so. That's it.”
Asked why Elkann and Vigna had not said anything themselves on this occasion, Conti replied: “We were not expecting to do any call and so on because normally we are used to have a lot of communication around Ferrari, in many different areas, and not just Scuderia.
“So why, from any news, do we need to put the chairman and the CEO in front of the camera? I think it's enough, [to have] Maria.”
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