Rosberg suggests Ferrari could develop a subsidiary in the UK

As is often the case when the Team is in difficulty, the Italian media have seized on the subject in many ways. Indeed, Ferrari's results continue to disappoint this season, and the direction taken since the end of 2024 now seems difficult to recover for the team with 16 World Championships. In this context, many questions arise as to the appropriate solution to get Ferrari out of the doldrums.

Among those recently mentioned, Nico Rosberg spoke to Sky Sports about the relative lack of rigor of the Italians in comparison to the way he operated in particular at the heart of the great period of Mercedes during the 2010s. For the German, the transfer of information is a particular problem that needs to be solved.

"I've seen the inner workings of Ferrari, and you can see that the level of excellence they've achieved is not comparable to that of the British teams, and in particular a team like Mercedes, in many areas, explained the 2016 World Champion. The whole culture around Ferrari, the fact that they are in Italy, it makes things much more difficult for them."

A lack of clear direction at Ferrari?

Continuing his explanation, Nico Rosberg took as an example the transmission of information, and the quality of it, which was needed Lewis Hamilton to progress. “For example, at Mercedes, whenever Lewis had something to say, he would just go to Toto, and Toto could make the decision, call the right person immediately, and it was done, he then summarizedAt Ferrari, there are so many different decision-makers, that even Lewis doesn't really know who to turn to: 'Okay, if I ask him, and he says yes and does it, will anyone else complain afterwards?' It's a bit difficult there."

Referring to the ease with which information could apparently be drowned within the Scuderia, Nico Robserg seems to have information, or at least the beginnings of a project already mentioned many times. "I believe Ferrari is considering opening a subsidiary in the UK because that's where the ecosystem is. F1, the German launchedThe problem then becomes communicating well. Having a Ferrari subsidiary in the UK is one thing, but it still needs to communicate effectively with the head office, and it may not be possible to achieve effective enough communication for that to be relevant.

An attempt that has already been unsuccessful

In 1993, when John Barnard was granted the right to head the Scuderia's technical department by being relocated, Ferrari failed to achieve the level of competitiveness hoped for by this prestigious association. However, questions remain regarding the recruitment and developments planned by the prancing horse brand in the future. Could a possible subsidiary, as discussed here, facilitate or further complicate internal relations?

At first glance, the dilution of information does not seem to be a solution to the problem of establishing an organization operating in two separate territories. If the delays are extended by an overly dense flow of information, Frédéric Vasseur's message ahead of the Canadian Grand Prix would then take on a new meaning. "We need to ask ourselves the right questions if Ferrari hasn't won for years, the Frenchman launchedWe changed the team principal, the drivers, and just about everything… except one thing.” A sign of an inevitable internal reorganization to come?

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