Lewis Hamilton’s performances have gotten a scorching matter. Everyone seems to be speaking about it and everybody feels the necessity to categorical their opinion on what has been occurring to the seven-time world champion since he determined to get behind the wheel of the Ferrari SF-25. While you drive for the Prancing Horse staff, going from idol to focus on is less complicated than you would possibly assume, and the Briton is studying this the laborious means.
Lewis Hamilton has solely been at Ferrari since January, the 2025 championship began a few month and a half in the past, and in such a brief interval there has already been a shift from the slightly untimely adoration of January-February to the near-crucifixion for the hole he’s exhibiting in comparison with teammate Charles Leclerc.
The issue with fashionable Components 1 is that you need to speak, speak, and speak once more, about one thing, it doesn’t matter what. Within the early months of the yr, an absurd hype was created across the arrival of the seven-time world champion at Maranello, which, granted, is an occasion of absolute significance, however which alone was by no means going to be sufficient to permit Ferrari to combat for the championship.
It solely took three races to reverse public opinion
After the primary two races in Australia and China, GPs the place, disqualification apart, Lewis had proven good issues by profitable the Dash and being near Charles Leclerc, many had been commenting on Hamilton’s extraordinary means to adapt to the automobile. Not by likelihood, the most effective amongst those that modified groups. Now, nonetheless, it has solely taken three races to utterly reverse public opinion.
Sure, it’s true, Lewis has been fairly removed from Leclerc all through this primary triple-header of the season, however as we regularly say, it’s a very tight and complicated set of occasions to deal with. Carrying ahead the event program on a very new automobile, and let’s bear in mind, one with some flaws to resolve when in comparison with McLaren and in some methods even to Crimson Bull and Mercedes, just isn’t straightforward when going through three such intently spaced occasions. There isn’t even sufficient time to totally course of all of the collected knowledge.
Ferrari must be trustworthy
In all this, nonetheless, whereas Lewis Hamilton is being put to the shares with journalists and the general public attacking him at will, Ferrari does nothing to defend him. Somebody will certainly remark saying that being a seven-time world champion, he doesn’t want the staff’s safety. Quite the opposite, that this ought to be the event for him to show his price much more.
Nonetheless, the purpose is totally different. It’s laborious to consider that Lewis may have reversed his studying curve so shortly from China to the next weekends. Probably, there’s a purpose for all this and, if that’s the case, Ferrari can be improper to maintain all of it to themselves.
It shortly grew to become clear that the SF-25 just isn’t able to combating for the championship, so by now, racing for third-fourth place or for seventh-eighth, what distinction does it make? In accordance with the opinion of the author, given the present scenario, it will be acceptable to give attention to deep research and studying work with out worrying an excessive amount of in regards to the outcomes and on the similar time work primarily in the direction of 2026, the yr when a brand new set of laws will come into drive.
Shedding just a few positions within the Constructors’ Championship would even be helpful as a result of it will unlock some advantages by way of hours that may very well be spent on CFD and wind tunnel testing for subsequent yr. The one factor wanted, nonetheless, is sincerity, excessive, pure, and easy sincerity. As a result of if Lewis had been dedicating himself coronary heart and soul to understanding and fixing the SF-25’s issues, continued to be attacked, primarily by the media, and Ferrari did nothing to defend him, then not solely would it not be unfair, however it will additionally appear extremely unprofessional.