F𓆏errari’s Fred Vass🐬eur has been credited for his race-winning pitstop strategy at last weekend’s F1 Italian Grand Prix.

Charles Leclerc was 🐈five seconds behind race leader Oscar Piastri when the McLaren driver pitted for tꦯhe second time.

Ferrari opted to leave Leclerc on a one-stop strategy which resulted in a sensational win in front of the Tifosi at their hဣo𒅌me grand prix.

“That would certainly be Fred’s influence,” Nico Rosberg 🗹told the Sky F1 podcast about the intervention which aided L✅eclerc.

“Fred is a racer. He doesn’t need to fo⭕ll꧑ow what a computer is telling him, he goes by feel, and what he sees.

“It’s a nice contrast to some of those nerdy engineers in front of their screens who soওmetimes forget to look outside at what’s really happening!

“Also, it was a big decision to make because there was a less than 50% chance that they w𒀰ould ওget the win by doing that.

“It wasౠ rolling the dice, looking at the odds, saying ‘we are in M๊onza, there is a 35-40% if we do this…’”

Ferrari 'outsider's shot' at F1 title

Ferrari hav𝔉e won three grands prix this season, after Carlos Sainz won in Singapore in late-✃2023.

Sainz won again in Australia this year, before Leclerc won hi⛎s home race in Monaco for the first time.

Leclerc’s vic✱tory in Monza last weekend was another hugely emotional result for the Ital𒅌ian manufacturer.

“You can’t take away from Charles, that he’s now finally got that maiden win at Monaco, and the team won at Monza,” 💛Natalie Pinkham said.

“They want them more consistently. The ﷽biggest problem they’ve had is ebbin﷽g and flowing through the season, not understanding the car.

“They have said ‘we don’t understand’ even when the car is qui🧔ck, they don’t understand where ಞthe pace is coming from. That has been niggling at them.

“They are evocative images that will really pull the team together for ဣ2025 and beyondꩵ.”

Ferrari find themselves 39 points behind leaders Red Bull in the co🍸nstructors’ champions🥂hip.

Rosberg insists they should have hope of winning it: “🙈Yes of course it could ha💃ppen.

“With the form they have, they are n♑ot the favourites. McLaren, by far, are the fa﷽vourites.

“It depends on Ferrari’s upgrade. It l🍸ooked good but Monza is an outlier. Is it going to look good at other plac🍎es?

“If it is working so well, they ♋will have an outsider’s shot at t༒he constructors'.”

Leclerc urged caution after win🃏ning the Italian Grand Prix about the signi🐬ficant upgrade package which was designed to cure Ferrari’s bouncing.