Ferrari confident in Lewis Hamilton’s return

Lewis Hamilton volition find himself connected the podium earlier the 2025 Formula 1 play ends. That's the bold prediction of Ferrari brag Fred Vasseur, aft the Briton showed bully signifier again successful Monza.

In his erstwhile 18 seasons successful Formula 1, earlier joining Ferrari, Hamilton had ne'er finished a play without astatine slightest 1 podium. In addition, helium ne'er had little than 5 podiums successful a season. Vasseur believes that Hamilton's archetypal play successful reddish volition not extremity that streak.

The Briton's travails astatine Ferrari person been good documented. At the Italian Grand Prix, Hamilton admitted that helium was not yet "100 percent comfy with the car" and that helium had to accommodate to a "foreign driving style." However, successful Monza helium had 1 of the amended editions of the season. He qualified 5th but dropped to 10th connected the grid owed to a punishment from Zandvoort. During the race, helium precocious to the sixth position.

He was little than 5 seconds down George Russell astatine the decorativeness line, which further strengthened Vasseur's content that Hamilton would soon beryllium connected the podium for Ferrari.

"Yes, due to the fact that helium was capable to combat Russell astatine Zandvoort and travel from 10th to the gearbox of Russell's car astatine Monza," Vasseur told PlanetF1 erstwhile asked if Hamilton could extremity his streak without a podium.

"Yes, we tin expect to beryllium connected the podium. Honestly, it each started successful Zandvoort past week. Although the result of the play was not positive, the gait from the commencement was amended than with Charles. The ambiance was amended during the race, helium fought with Russell until the 30th lap, and the vigor helium received from Tifos connected Wednesday successful Milan was thing peculiar for him," the French assures.

It wasn't easy

"I don't cognize what helium expected, but it was thing immense and it gave him an other boost passim the weekend. Of course, we had to bash the punishment and we knew it wasn't going to beryllium easy, but helium came backmost and the gait was determination from the archetypal thigh of the archetypal escaped practice."

Hamilton's instrumentality to signifier shows that the Briton tin inactive beryllium competitory astatine Ferrari. The fans of the reddish squad are present impatiently waiting for the infinitesimal erstwhile Hamilton volition yet basal connected the podium and beryllium his worthy successful the caller team.