Frederic Vasseur, the Principal of Ferrari Team, admitted that he and Lewis Hamilton, “stupidly” seven world champions, underestimated the task when they joined the Italian squad.
Hamilton created a blockbuster switch to join Ferrari at the beginning of the 2025 season. He spent 12 years in Mercedes, and in 2013 he joined McLaren for the first six years of Formula 1 career.
The 40 -year -old debut campaign with Ferrari was very overwhelming. Brit was sixth in the driver’s ranking, and as sports reached 14 in the 24th round, they reached the summer vacation in August.
Hamilton had a new emotional lowest, “useless” declaring in the last round before taking a break in Hungary, and his teammate, who had five Grand Prix podiums this season, took the 12th place after Polish Charles Leclerc was ranked 12th. Ferrari said he had to change the driver.
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Vasseur said Vasseur said, reflecting Hamilton’s struggle before the resumption of the season with the Dutch Grand Prix from August 29 to 31. race: “Lewis and I, we would have underestimated the changes in the environment and that he spent 20 years in the same team.
“Mclaren was Mercedes, then he moved to the English team (headquartered in Brackley), the same engine guy, the same culture.
“So he spent 2006 to 2024 and 18 years in this environment and arrived in Ferrari. And we were looking forward to controlling everything.”
Prior to the struggle in Hungaring, Hamilton admitted that he would “tears” in relation to the “true battle” of the beginning of life in Ferrari during the summer vacation.
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A week ago in Belgium, Hamilton submitted a document to Ferrari Bosses and held a meeting with the main characters throughout the team so that the partnership would be more successful in 2026.
In the second round of China, there was sometimes bright spots, but especially with Sprint Paul, Hamilton is having a hard time with the SF-25.
Vasseur also explained why Brit is more challenging than the driver replaced to switch the team in Ferrari, a Carlos Sainz of Williams.
Vasseur said, “He is not the one who changed the team every two years.
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“For example, there are people in the grid where we saw Toro Rosso, Renault, McLaren, the United States and Williams within eight years.
“He changed four times. He was used to dealing with it. Lewis was not true.
“Culturally, there is a bigger difference between Ferrari and Mercedes than Mercedes and McLaren. And we are underestimated.”
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