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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.
Dude doesnt have a very good rep, Ask Juvi fans.Badger wrote: ↑17 Dec 2025, 19:01Tell it to Arrivabene, he's not mincing words. But I'm sure he knows nothing about Ferrari, no connections there at all.
Lewis is part of the problem. He sends documents to the team and then tells the world about it. Why? If this is genuinely about improving the team why is he throwing them under the bus in the media? Should the team start holding press conferences about why Hamilton is slower than Charles? Keep it internal, keep it professional. He's not being paid to make the team look bad or to try and change the team against its will, he's paid to drive well and be an ambassador for the brand. In the words of John Elkann, "focus less on talking and more on driving".
There's a difference between not lying and throwing the team under the bus. A generic answer about how "I'm working with the team to improve the car" would have sufficed. There's no reason to start spilling the beans on who is sending internal documents to whom and about what. You only publicise that if you're trying to further a narrative that the team is dysfunctional and you're trying to "fix" them. Hint, you don't fix an organisation by trying to shame them in public and proving to be untrustworthy with sensitive information, it's a bad strategy. Still, if Lewis were performing in accordance with his salary the way Charles or Max are he wouldn't get as much criticism for that kind of behaviour, but when you are shading the team and also not performing yourself it doesn't look good IMO.Mosin123 wrote: ↑18 Dec 2025, 00:01Dude doesnt have a very good rep, Ask Juvi fans.Badger wrote: ↑17 Dec 2025, 19:01Tell it to Arrivabene, he's not mincing words. But I'm sure he knows nothing about Ferrari, no connections there at all.
Lewis is part of the problem. He sends documents to the team and then tells the world about it. Why? If this is genuinely about improving the team why is he throwing them under the bus in the media? Should the team start holding press conferences about why Hamilton is slower than Charles? Keep it internal, keep it professional. He's not being paid to make the team look bad or to try and change the team against its will, he's paid to drive well and be an ambassador for the brand. In the words of John Elkann, "focus less on talking and more on driving".
Lewis didnt tell the world, he was asked a question about it from the media and gave his reply. do you think he should lie?.
Even CL is criticizing the team, LH is not alone on this you know, Elkanns comments was to " both " drivers... Picture him saying it to Max though, a simple they should make a better f********** car then is likely to come out, and he wouldnt hold back at the next media meeting either..
If Vettel didnt hate the way his ferrari f1 cars handled because you know, the team listened to him and made the car suit his driving style like Redbull does for Max ( You know they have built the WHOLE team around him to get the best out of him? ) He might have got a title at Ferrari LOL. Pin that on Arrivabene........
Yeah. Not once did I get the impression that Ricci and Lewis had found a positive working relationship.ScuderiaLeo wrote: ↑19 Dec 2025, 08:39Vasseur said to Corriere they're working with Hamilton/his garage to see what changes can be made for 2026, including but not limited to potentially changing his race engineer
He underestimated the whole situation with his new teammate there as well but I am sure he will prepare better over the winter this time around
The team has no one to blame but themselves, they haven't won a championship since 2007.
They signed the most in demand driver on the grid who gets the whole worlds media attention on every little tiny thing he does, if Ferrari are not happy. Maybe they should have thought about that before they signed him.Badger wrote: ↑18 Dec 2025, 16:03There's a difference between not lying and throwing the team under the bus. A generic answer about how "I'm working with the team to improve the car" would have sufficed. There's no reason to start spilling the beans on who is sending internal documents to whom and about what. You only publicise that if you're trying to further a narrative that the team is dysfunctional and you're trying to "fix" them. Hint, you don't fix an organisation by trying to shame them in public and proving to be untrustworthy with sensitive information, it's a bad strategy. Still, if Lewis were performing in accordance with his salary the way Charles or Max are he wouldn't get as much criticism for that kind of behaviour, but when you are shading the team and also not performing yourself it doesn't look good IMO.Mosin123 wrote: ↑18 Dec 2025, 00:01Dude doesnt have a very good rep, Ask Juvi fans.Badger wrote: ↑17 Dec 2025, 19:01Tell it to Arrivabene, he's not mincing words. But I'm sure he knows nothing about Ferrari, no connections there at all.
Lewis is part of the problem. He sends documents to the team and then tells the world about it. Why? If this is genuinely about improving the team why is he throwing them under the bus in the media? Should the team start holding press conferences about why Hamilton is slower than Charles? Keep it internal, keep it professional. He's not being paid to make the team look bad or to try and change the team against its will, he's paid to drive well and be an ambassador for the brand. In the words of John Elkann, "focus less on talking and more on driving".
Lewis didnt tell the world, he was asked a question about it from the media and gave his reply. do you think he should lie?.
Even CL is criticizing the team, LH is not alone on this you know, Elkanns comments was to " both " drivers... Picture him saying it to Max though, a simple they should make a better f********** car then is likely to come out, and he wouldnt hold back at the next media meeting either..
If Vettel didnt hate the way his ferrari f1 cars handled because you know, the team listened to him and made the car suit his driving style like Redbull does for Max ( You know they have built the WHOLE team around him to get the best out of him? ) He might have got a title at Ferrari LOL. Pin that on Arrivabene........