{"id":36414,"date":"2026-06-06T17:31:40","date_gmt":"2026-06-06T15:31:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=36414"},"modified":"2026-06-06T17:31:40","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T15:31:40","slug":"ferrari-principal-vasseur-misses-monaco-qualifying-for-medical-reasons","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/ferrari-principal-vasseur-misses-monaco-qualifying-for-medical-reasons\/","title":{"rendered":"Ferrari principal Vasseur misses Monaco qualifying for medical reasons"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ferrari team principal Fred Vasseur will miss Saturday&#8217;s qualifying \u200bsession for the Monaco Grand \u200cPrix after being taken ill, the team announced in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Following some \u200bmedical checks, Vasseur will \u200bremain under observation at a local \u2060medical facility. No further medical \u200binformation will be provided,&#8221; the \u200bItalian team said.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We wish Vasseur a speedy recovery and look forward to seeing \u200bhim back at the track \u200bsoon.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Ferrari have high hopes of a first \u200cGrand \u2060Prix win since October 2024 with the twisty Monaco street circuit expected to narrow the performance \u200bgap with \u200bthe dominant \u2060Mercedes team.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Drivers Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc finished \u200bfirst and second in \u200bboth \u2060practice sessions on Friday.<br \/>\nFrenchman Vasseur, 58, moved to Ferrari in 2023 \u2060after \u200bsix seasons at the \u200bformer Sauber then Alfa Romeo team.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;Reuters&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":36415,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[20],"class_list":["post-36414","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-sport","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"Ferrari team principal Fred Vasseur will miss Saturday's qualifying \u200bsession for the Monaco Grand \u200cPrix after being taken ill","published_date":"2026-06-06 17:30:11","news_description":"Ferrari team principal Fred Vasseur will miss Saturday's qualifying \u200bsession for the Monaco Grand \u200cPrix after being taken ill","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/36414","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/36414\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36416,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/36414\/revisions\/36416"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36415"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36414"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=36414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}