Jenson Button has argued that Lewis Hamilton’s return to type is primarily right down to the newest era of System 1 equipment suiting his driving fashion, reasonably than merely settling into his new environment at Ferrari.
The seven-time champion has bounced again this season. He secured his first grand prix podium end as a Ferrari driver with third place on the Chinese language Grand Prix.
He went on to safe two additional podiums with second place finishes on the Canadian and Monaco Grands Prix earlier than celebrating his maiden Ferrari grand prix win on the Barcelona-Catalunya Grand Prix.
Hamilton moved to Ferrari initially of 2025 after a 12-year stint with Mercedes. The 41-year-old struggled throughout his first season with the Maranello outfit as he adjusted to the brand new staff, however whereas Button agreed that Hamilton turning into extra comfy inside the staff this 12 months has performed a component in his return to type, he believes the new-regulation automobiles have had extra of an affect.
“I am certain over the winter that they had time to sit down down and focus on what labored for him, what does not work for him,” Button defined throughout an look on the Sky Sports activities F1 Present.
Lewis Hamilton, Ferrari
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“It is the primary 12 months, you already know, their relationship, the engineer relationship is at all times a very tough one as properly, particularly if you’ve left somebody like Bono [Peter Bonnington] at Mercedes. It is such an in depth relationship. So, it does take a minute.
“It needs to be a part of it, however I nonetheless suppose the most important a part of it’s simply the automobile. The automobile fits his fashion extra. It is a System 1 automobile he is used to driving by way of really feel. For me, that’s method above settling right into a staff and making them hear.”
He added: “He wasn’t there at Mercedes both the final 4 years. He is probably not been the Lewis that we bear in mind, completely annihilating his team-mate in qualifying. George [Russell] had the higher of him various the time. So, I believe it is down extra so to the fashion of automobiles. We’re again to a automobile that is extra pure now. It is extra of a standard System 1 automobile.”
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