However, the Frenchman admitted that any team would one day be willing to sign the seven-time world champion.

This week, it was suggested ferrari Bid for Hamilton being considered amid reports Charles Leclerc may move to mercedes benz.

Vasseur has a good relationship with Hamilton, having driven him in F3 and GP2, and they have kept in touch over the years.

“Just kidding, I can say two weeks ago you sent (Carlos) Sainz to Audi and a week ago you sent Leclerc to Mercedes,” Vasseur said when asked about the Hamilton rumours. Er said.

“It’s just me now! You know very well that at this stage of the season, every week is going to be a different story. lewis hamilton. We didn’t do that.

“We didn’t have a discussion. I think every team in qualifying would like to have Hamilton at one stage, not to say something like that is bullshit.

“If I have discussed it with Hamilton, I have discussed it with Hamilton almost every weekend for the past 20 years. I don’t want to have to stop and discuss it with him because you are chasing me!”

Charles Leclerc, Ferrari SF-23, Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes F1 W14, Sergio Perez, Red Bull Racing RB19

Photography: Mark Sutton/ motorsport pictures

Vassell laughed it off again when asked if he had to reassure his current driver over the Hamilton rumours.

“When you sent them to Sauber last week, or Charles to Mercedes, they didn’t have to promise me!” he said.

“They didn’t come to me and say ‘Fred, don’t worry, it’s not true.'” We got used to it, we knew there would be new rumors every week, and we just focused on our work. “

Vassell insists there is no rush to extend Leclerc or Sainz’s current deals.

“No, because as I told you last week or two weeks ago, the most important thing for us is to continue to focus on development and the current season.

“In a few months, we will discuss the future and now is the time to discuss it.

“I don’t want to talk to them about an extension and I haven’t changed. I told my position that the most important thing is to try to take a step forward to be able to compete with Red Bull and let’s focus on that.”

He added: “For us, we agreed to talk about the contract later and I don’t want to change that because there are rumors that Lewis might come, Charles might go, or Carlos might go. We are working on our work internally. , I will continue to focus on the program.”