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Following his sensational lap in Saturday's qualifying which saw Charles Leclerc claim a shock pole position for Ferrari, the Monegasque endured a heartbreaking result at the Hungarian Grand Prix despite his impressive pace during his first two stints of the race. F1Technical's senior writer Balazs Szabo delivers his latest analysis in his column branded as F1MATHS.
RUS+LEC at Newey's AMR in 2027 would be quite a nice combo I think. Both very fast qualifiers and I can see them getting along quite wellferkan wrote: ↑10 Dec 2025, 19:09
Man I dunno how to tell you this but...Russell (or anyone else for that matter) is getting a boot if Max becomes available. Now, I suspect Mercedes wants to see 2026 showdown between Russell and Antonelli, if Russell beats him in similar fashion and Max is available I expect Russell/Max pairing in Mercedes. If Antonelli so much as comes close to Russell, I think Russell is going to have to search for a seat if Max becomes available (he will be more expensive, harsher as a team player to Max and older then Antonelli)
slow economic outlook effectdeadhead wrote: ↑11 Dec 2025, 21:46The Hamilton effect?
https://www.ilsole24ore.com/art/ferrari ... ce-AI6Vq2K
Or was that just for one day at signing?
Hmm. Very intriguing if true that the driver is affecting share prices.deadhead wrote: ↑11 Dec 2025, 21:46The Hamilton effect?
https://www.ilsole24ore.com/art/ferrari ... ce-AI6Vq2K
Or was that just for one day at signing?
Pretty much exactly how I feel about the situation and the role of the driver in development. Focus on car feedback but don't stray into engineering, and for the love of god, don't send dossiers.However, Arrivabene – who spent four years as Ferrari team principal between 2015 and 2018 – believes Hamilton has fallen into the same trap as Vettel by trying to broaden his influence.
He told Sky Italy: “Sebastian Vettel also sent such dossiers. He wrote, spoke and shared everything.”
On the value of Vettel’s documents to the team, he added: “Almost useless.
“I don’t want to say anything bad about Sebastian, but everyone should mind their own business.
“When a driver starts playing engineer, that’s it. Then it’s really over.
“Drivers spend two or three days in the simulator and get a general impression, but the devil is in the details.
“When the car is on the track, the driver must provide relevant feedback so that the engineers can make targeted improvements – especially when there is potential.”
Arrivabene famously rebuked Vettel towards the end of Ferrari’s winless 2016 season, publicly reminding the four-time world champion to focus on his own job.
He said at the time: “Sebastian just needs to focus on the car.
“He is a person who gives so much and this means he is interested in a bit of everything, so sometimes you have to re-focus him, remind him to be focused on the main job.”
Lewis has done this since for ever, He did it during his time at Mercedes and towards the end of his Mclaren days.Badger wrote: ↑16 Dec 2025, 17:39Arrivabene on Hamilton.Pretty much exactly how I feel about the situation and the role of the driver in development. Focus on car feedback but don't stray into engineering, and for the love of god, don't send dossiers.However, Arrivabene – who spent four years as Ferrari team principal between 2015 and 2018 – believes Hamilton has fallen into the same trap as Vettel by trying to broaden his influence.
He told Sky Italy: “Sebastian Vettel also sent such dossiers. He wrote, spoke and shared everything.”
On the value of Vettel’s documents to the team, he added: “Almost useless.
“I don’t want to say anything bad about Sebastian, but everyone should mind their own business.
“When a driver starts playing engineer, that’s it. Then it’s really over.
“Drivers spend two or three days in the simulator and get a general impression, but the devil is in the details.
“When the car is on the track, the driver must provide relevant feedback so that the engineers can make targeted improvements – especially when there is potential.”
Arrivabene famously rebuked Vettel towards the end of Ferrari’s winless 2016 season, publicly reminding the four-time world champion to focus on his own job.
He said at the time: “Sebastian just needs to focus on the car.
“He is a person who gives so much and this means he is interested in a bit of everything, so sometimes you have to re-focus him, remind him to be focused on the main job.”
Pretty much exactly how I feel about the situation and the role of the driver in development. Focus on car feedback but don't stray into engineering, and for the love of god, don't send dossiers.However, Arrivabene – who spent four years as Ferrari team principal between 2015 and 2018 – believes Hamilton has fallen into the same trap as Vettel by trying to broaden his influence.
He told Sky Italy: “Sebastian Vettel also sent such dossiers. He wrote, spoke and shared everything.”
On the value of Vettel’s documents to the team, he added: “Almost useless.
“I don’t want to say anything bad about Sebastian, but everyone should mind their own business.
“When a driver starts playing engineer, that’s it. Then it’s really over.
“Drivers spend two or three days in the simulator and get a general impression, but the devil is in the details.
“When the car is on the track, the driver must provide relevant feedback so that the engineers can make targeted improvements – especially when there is potential.”
Arrivabene famously rebuked Vettel towards the end of Ferrari’s winless 2016 season, publicly reminding the four-time world champion to focus on his own job.
He said at the time: “Sebastian just needs to focus on the car.
“He is a person who gives so much and this means he is interested in a bit of everything, so sometimes you have to re-focus him, remind him to be focused on the main job.”
