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Vasseur has been drafted into Maranello for 2023 after his predecessor Mattia Binotto resigned last year amid a belief he did not have the confidence of Ferrari’s senior road car management.
And while Vasseur is confident that Ferrari has everything in its hands to be able to fight for the F1 championship this year, Montoya believes there are still elements that the Frenchman will struggle with.
In particular, he thinks the internal political situation at Ferrari is always a difficult one to deal with, thanks to the squad having quite a high turnover of senior personnel when things do not go right.
Speaking to Motorsport.com, Montoya said: “One of the hard things with Ferrari is that I don’t think anybody feels like they have job security.
“Everybody is waiting for you to put your foot in the wrong place, so they can fire you. That’s what I see from the outside.
“You look at Toto [Wolff] and you know Toto is not going anywhere. You look at Christian [ …