Ferrari boss Fred Vasseur has revealed the team will aim to adapt its 2025 F1 car to Lewis Hamilton amid the Briton’s declaration that the SF-25 is “alien” to him.

  • Damage@feddit.it
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    9 days ago

    On the one hand, this could easily shaft Leclerc.

    On the other hand, maybe input from a vastly experienced driver could help the team altogether.

    I seriously hope it’s the second one, they tortured Charles enough

    • thanks AV@lemmy.world
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      9 days ago

      Charles has had five years to make demands, instead he just suffers. Lewis had the car for two months and said “I’m not having this.”

      I think Charles is too consumed with “Ferrari culture” and sucking up to the team that he just let’s them do dumbass shit. How many times has Charles just submitted to a terrible strategy call while Carlos straight up said “no, that is stupid” and then got a better result? Take that and multiply it across his entire Ferrari career and that’s why you have 20 poles and 5 wins. I think they should listen to whoever is willing to speak up.

  • xrtxn@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
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    9 days ago

    What? There is no way they can make this statement. In no world this is fair. Hamilton should adapt to the car they make.

  • frank@sopuli.xyz
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    9 days ago

    Certainly some of Lewis’s inputs are valuable to Ferrari with his experience (even though for only 2 teams and one engine provider, it’s been across a lot of regulations). The man knows a good car when he’s in it.

    It’d be foolish not to try to adapt to what works for him within reason.

  • Coelacanth@feddit.nu
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    9 days ago

    Presumably this is meant to be about helping him with setup and is taken out of context and blown out of proportion. There is no way they’d build the car around Hamilton, at least assuming they have some sense.

    Then again, they have spent a fuckton of money on him. I’m sure a depressed and floundering Lewis isn’t helping them shift more jizz hats and F-44s (whenever that drops).