Ferrari boss defends bond with Lewis Hamilton

Ferrari insists its narration with Lewis Hamilton is obscurity adjacent arsenic atrocious arsenic it was portrayed during his archetypal play with the Italian squad successful 2025. The superb British operator had a acold from awesome season, finishing the twelvemonth without a azygous podium finish, the archetypal clip successful his career.

As the results fell abbreviated of expectations, tense vigor messages betwixt Hamilton and contention technologist Riccardo Adami attracted attention. Although the experienced operator dismissed claims of problems, the media continued to item the tensions.

Subtitle: Team and adaptation

Matteo Togninalli, the contention squad boss, says the representation connected the extracurricular does not bespeak the existent authorities of the team. "Change of operator and team, particularly for idiosyncratic similar Lewis, who has spent 10 years with the aforesaid team, is precise hard connected some sides - some the operator and the team. Every squad works differently, you get utilized to the radical and the mode it works. When you adhd the information that Lewis has won satellite championships and we person not been capable to combat for the rubric this year, you get the vexation that creates this situation."

He adds: "What you spot from the extracurricular is overmuch worse than it is. The narration with Lewis, what we are gathering with him, is highly positive. After 10 months we already person a precise beardown narration with him. The vexation and the results inactive make this image, which successful my sentiment is overmuch worse than it truly is."

The main contented for Ferrari successful 2025 was mediocre single-lap pace, which weakened the SF-25's contention competitiveness. “Ninety percent is decided successful qualifying; if you commencement successful front, you decorativeness successful front. If you are behind, it is highly hard to overtake. The tyres this twelvemonth are highly delicate successful 1 lap. A tiny origin makes a large difference, and successful immoderate qualifying we person 10 cars wrong a tenth.”

Togninalli besides points to situations similar Las Vegas, wherever a collision with a bollard with Lewis outgo him qualifying, and a missed thigh with Charles Leclerc. “I americium definite we could person done better. The cardinal origin is the tyres, we each conflict with that. A tiny quality makes a immense quality successful performance.”