Valtteri Bottas talks Hamilton Ferrari struggles

Lewis Hamilton is inactive adjusting to his caller car and the Ferrari team. Valtteri Bottas, his erstwhile Mercedes teammate, says that the determination to Mercedes aft much than a decennary is “not casual astatine all.” The seven-time satellite champion shows disconnected his velocity whenever helium can, but the determination to Maranello has brought him much challenges than contiguous successes.

Hamilton near Mercedes astatine the commencement of 2025 for Ferrari, wherever helium present shares a store with Charles Leclerc. It was 1 of the astir high-profile moves successful the modern epoch of Formula 1, but the Briton is inactive searching for the close bushed successful the reddish car. A triumph successful the Chinese sprint race, and respective 4th places successful Imola, Austria and the UK, amusement his potential, but besides however demanding the accommodation is.

Fred Vasseur, Ferrari boss, precocious admitted that some helium and Hamilton “may person underestimated the trouble of the transition.”

Bottas, who shared the squad with Hamilton for 5 seasons astatine Mercedes, understands good what his erstwhile teammate is going through.

"I anticipation helium recovers. Time volition archer if helium can," Bottas told Crash.net. "He had bully moments, but besides a batch of atrocious luck. It is not casual to alteration the squad aft truthful galore years astatine Mercedes, wherever helium was the starring man."

Challenges of the caller environment

Bottas believes that the biggest occupation is not lone method but besides the mode the squad works. "It's a precise antithetic situation he's moving successful now. I can't accidental overmuch different than clip volition archer if things get better. I truly anticipation they bash due to the fact that I deliberation Lewis inactive deserves to bash large successful this sport."

The Finn besides recalled his experiences with changing teams. "It depends connected which squad you spell to and however antithetic the car is. I've had my changes mostly successful periods of caller method rules, truthful it's hard for maine to foretell his case. I don't cognize precisely however Ferrari works internally, oregon what they're warring against."

Currently, with six races remaining successful the season, Hamilton sits sixth successful the drivers' standings with 125 points, portion his teammate Leclerc is 5th with 173. Ferrari is battling Mercedes for 2nd spot successful the constructors' standings, which further increases the unit connected the British operator to find his aged signifier and bring important points to the Maranello team.