Martin Brundle believes that Lewis Hamilton might have wanted to carry a few of the shut members of his crew from Mercedes with him to Ferrari to duplicate Michael Schumacher’s success on the Maranello outfit.
The British driver joined Ferrari forward of the 2025 season after a 12-year stint with Mercedes, throughout which he secured six of his seven drivers’ championship titles.Â
Since becoming a member of the Italian squad, Hamilton has struggled to adapt and has but to complete on the rostrum in a grand prix. Whereas he celebrated the dash race win in China initially of the season, his finest grand prix end this yr is fourth within the Emilia Romagna, Austrian, British and United States Grands Prix.
“It has most likely been tougher than Lewis hoped or thought it might be at Ferrari,” Brundle informed Sky Sports activities F1.
“He wished to go there and do a Michael Schumacher. However Michael went with Ross Brawn, Jean Todt, Stefano Domenicali and the brilliance of the Ferrari crew, and it nonetheless took a lot of years to show them round.”
Brundle argued that Hamilton may have seen a better adaptation to the Scuderia if he had been in a position to carry a few of his long-standing crew members with him, corresponding to his Mercedes race engineer Peter Bonnington, affectionately referred to as Bono.
Lewis Hamilton, Ferrari
Photograph by: Sam Bloxham / LAT Photos by way of Getty Photos
“I believe Lewis wanted extra folks round him,” Brundle added. “He was so embedded at Mercedes, he most likely had 101 issues round him each day that he most likely did not even discover – the infrastructure, the main target. It might have been nice had Bono and a few others gone with him.”
Three-time W Collection champion Jamie Chadwick, who joined Brundle on the Sky Sports activities F1 broadcast, added:Â “He has nonetheless received it, however throughout an entire season this yr it hasn’t gelled, hasn’t clicked. I believe lots of that’s the tradition, it has been an enormous adaptation [at Ferrari].
“If efficiency is there, he may get a brand new lease of life. Given the fitting materials, I do not doubt he can carry out within the setting.”
We wish your opinion!
What would you wish to see on Motorsport.com?
– The Motorsport.com Group
