boss insists he’s “not too anxious” about ’s struggles thus far this season – including that evaluation of the Scuderia’s kind dipping “dramatically” is “f****** bull****”.
Hamilton, 40, has endured a troublesome begin to his £50m-a-year time at Ferrari, failing to complete larger than fifth in 5 races, although he did in China.
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The seven-time world champion has repeatedly voiced his frustrations at being unable to adapt to the SF-25 automobile, following 12 years with Mercedes. But having completed seventh in Saudi Arabia on Sunday – with teammate on the rostrum – the Briton admitted that he for his place in Jeddah.
Hamilton lies seventh within the and already trails championship chief Oscar Piastri by 68 factors. But Ferrari staff principal Vasseur believes it’s a “optimistic” that Hamilton is so downbeat.
“I’ll give him help and we’ll begin immediately to search out options,” Vasseur mentioned, after the race in Saudi.
“I’m not too anxious. Take a look at what he did in China or what he did in Bahrain final week and even within the first a part of the session this weekend. The potential is there for certain.
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“He’s down as a result of he completed seventh and his team-mate is on the rostrum. It’s optimistic that Lewis is down as a result of if he was blissful, it wouldn’t be regular.”
Questioned additional on the Scuderia’s “dramatic” hunch in kind – from a place the place they completed second in final yr’s constructors’ championship – Vasseur reacted firmly.
“Dramatically?” he mentioned. “We now have achieved 5 races thus far. I do know that you simply will not have the large headlines tomorrow that Fred mentioned this, however that is f****** bull****.
“You’ve ups and downs. When we now have an up, we’re not world champions. Once we are down, we’re not nowhere.”
Ferrari boss Fred Vasseur (proper) has defended star driver Lewis Hamilton (left) (Getty)
Hamilton was practically misplaced for phrases after ending the Saudi race the place he began, in seventh place.
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Requested if he felt comfy in any respect, within the fifth race of the 2025 season, Hamilton’s reply was brief: “No. There wasn’t one second.
“Clearly the automobile is able to being P3, Charles did an important job as we speak, I can’t blame the automobile.”
Questioned if he had any thought why the automobile wasn’t working for him, Hamilton merely responded: “No.”
Ferrari are anticipated to carry an improve bundle to the subsequent race in Miami (2-4 Could), with each Hamilton and Leclerc revealing they are going to be current at Ferrari HQ in Maranello this week as they work in direction of an improved automobile for the remainder of the season.
