Ferrari team principal Fred Vasseur believes rumours surrounding his future with the Scuderia are "hurting the team", while also labelling them as "disrespectful". 

After joining Ferrari in 2023, Vasseur led the Scuderia to their closest challenge to lifting their first constructors' title since 2008 last season. 

Ferrari finished 16 points behind McLaren and were expected to be close again this year. But Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris' displays have the British team 197 points clear.

Reports in the Italian media around the 57-year-old's position at Ferrari began to circulate ahead of the Canadian Grand Prix, which takes place on Sunday in Montreal.

Lewis Hamilton publicly backed Vasseur as the man to take Ferrari "back to the top", and the Frenchman was on hand to give his take on the recent news surrounding him. 

"It's not about myself, I think, because that I can manage," Vasseur said on Friday. "It's more about the people of the team.

"To throw their name like this, I think it's just disrespectful – for them, for their family.

"I don't know the target. I don't understand the target. Perhaps it's to give s*** to the team, but in this case, I don't see the point. Perhaps it’s for them the only way to exist.

"This is probably more the reason. But it's really hurting the team.

"It's, at one stage, a lack of focus, and when you are fighting for the championship, every single detail makes the difference.

"And from the beginning of the weekend, we are just speaking about this.

"And if it's their target to put the team in this situation, they reached their goal. But I think it's really – it's not like this that we'll be able to win a championship."

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Ferrari are second in the constructors' championship this season, managing three podiums from the first nine races of the season, all of which have come from Charles Leclerc. 

The Monegasque crashed into the barrier in the early session of Friday's practice and was unable to take part later on in Montreal due to damage to his car.

Despite the speculation, Vasseur has reiterated that the mood amongst the drivers remains positive as they work to take the team forwards.

"Now, with Lewis and Charles [Leclerc], I think we have a good relationship altogether," he explained. "We have a clear target. We know that we have to work.

"We know that we have to push. But the mood in the team is very good, and that’s the basis if you want to recover and to win.

"Everything is there. Everything is on the table to do a good job, and altogether, we are working well."