Lewis Hamilton is popping his again on a troublesome first season with the Ferrari System 1 group, however not with out thanking his colleagues for the assist they’ve given him by 2025.
Quite a few pictures and studies from Italy have proven that the seven-time champion had despatched items and a card to his colleagues at Ferrari. Hampers filled with Fortnum & Mason tea, biscuits and chocolate had been despatched to the racing group’s staff, accompanied by a signed photograph and a card that learn: “Blissful Holidays, From Lewis”.
Little noise has been made about this gesture, however a number of Ferrari staff have taken to social media to thank the driving force.
Following his exit from the Mercedes F1 group on the finish of the 2024 season, the Briton’s time on the Scuderia has been turbulent. Regardless of a dash win in China, he failed to complete on a grand prix podium all through his marketing campaign. In truth, this was the primary yr of his profession in F1 the place he hadn’t completed a grand prix within the prime three – a disappointing outcome for a driver who hoped to enhance on his latest efficiency at Mercedes.
Regardless of the aching lack of success with the Italian group, he is assured he is in the suitable place.
“It’s surreal to be part of this group, and thru the ups and downs this yr has been life-changing,” he stated.
“I do not remorse the choice I’ve made becoming a member of the group,” he stated in a separate interview on the finish of November. “I do know it takes time to construct and develop inside an organisation and [I] anticipated that.”
Lewis Hamilton, Ferrari
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Hamilton has been open concerning the adaptation he is been confronted with since becoming a member of the squad.
“I feel it was troublesome for Lewis,” Ferrari group principal Fred Vasseur stated. “And it is a small world, in all probability. It was troublesome as a result of after 20 years, I say 20 years as a result of for me McLaren was McLaren, Mercedes after which Mercedes.
“He spent 20 years with Mercedes. It was an enormous change. I personally underestimate the step. It isn’t that we’re doing worse or higher. It is that we’re simply doing in a different way. It isn’t simply concerning the meals or the climate. It is that each single software program is totally different. Each single part is totally different. The individuals round him, they had been totally different.
“And in case you are not on the highest of the whole lot, you are late on the desk a few hundredths of seconds.”
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