Former Haas Method 1 workforce principal Guenther Steiner believes Ferrari should set up clear guidelines of engagement and again Lewis Hamilton over Charles Leclerc if the Maranello outfit needs to remain within the 2026 championship struggle.
Ferrari’s inside dynamic got here below scrutiny after the Dutch Grand Prix at Zandvoort, the place contrasting methods led to friction between the drivers. Hamilton, operating on more energizing tyres and displaying stronger tempo, was held up behind Leclerc. The delay price the seven-time champion and prompted annoyed radio complaints.
Talking on The Purple Flags Podcast, Steiner argued that Ferrari failed to organize its drivers for potential workforce orders earlier than the race.
“You can’t implement workforce orders throughout a race,” Steiner defined. “You want to agree them beforehand. The sensible factor is, can Charles actually win the world championship? Perhaps not. And who’s in entrance? Lewis.
“I have never achieved the calculations of how sensible it’s for him to win the world championship, but when one of many two can win, it’s Lewis. So, as any individual else has proven, if you wish to win, it’s totally tight up entrance there. You want to put your cash on the man who has bought the higher likelihood.
Charles Leclerc, Ferrari, Lewis Hamilton, Ferrari
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“That is the man in entrance, who has bought extra factors, and that’s the solely promoting level to Charles. ‘Hey buddy, your team-mate has achieved higher thus far. Now he is primary.'”
Steiner insisted the accountability lies with workforce principal Fred Vasseur to have that dialog.
“Fred, that’s his job,” he mentioned. “I do not assume John Elkann ought to or would get entangled in it as a result of if he will get concerned in that one at that stage, he must run the workforce.
“However I believe Fred could be very a lot in charge of it as a result of Fred must win a world championship.”
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