{"id":199669,"date":"2025-10-09T06:06:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-09T06:06:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/199669\/"},"modified":"2025-10-09T06:06:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T06:06:07","slug":"flavio-briatore-huge-lewis-hamilton-prediction-amidst-retirement-questions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/199669\/","title":{"rendered":"Flavio Briatore huge Lewis Hamilton prediction amidst retirement questions"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lewis Hamilton\u2019s start at Scuderia Ferrari has been plagued by struggle, frustration, and even miscommunication \u2014 but that\u2019s all set to change next year. At least, that\u2019s the prediction from Alpine\u2019s\u00a0de facto team principal Flavio Briatore.<\/p>\n

\u201cNext year,\u201d Briatore has predicted, \u201ceverything will change.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lewis Hamilton comeback predicted for 2026<\/p>\n

Much was made of seven-time champion Lewis Hamilton\u2019s<\/a> decision to move to Scuderia Ferrari for the F1 2025 season, with many onlookers predicting it would represent a new era of success for both the driver and the team.<\/p>\n

Thus far, those optimistic predictions have yet to pan out. Hamilton was able to secure a victory during the Sprint race in China at the start of the year, but in a grand prix itself, the best he\u2019s been able to do is fourth.<\/p>\n

The relationship between driver and team kicked off with miscommunication in Australia and has since led to Hamilton branding himself as \u201cuseless\u201d behind the wheel of the challenging SF-25.<\/p>\n

Many have wondered if perhaps Ferrari<\/a> made the wrong call, but there are some who still retain hope.<\/p>\n

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Speaking to a Radio Rai program called\u00a0La politica\u00a0nel pallone, Flavio Briatore stepped in to make ab old prediction for Lewis Hamilton\u2019s future at Ferrari \u2014 namely, that he\u2019ll be back in the fight for victory come 2026<\/p>\n

\u201cSooner or later, he\u2019ll solve the problems,\u201d Briatore said of Hamilton.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s a very good person, but F1 is very complicated today, with seven cars within two tenths of a second. This year, the only truly competitive team is McLaren.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cNext year, everything will change, and we\u2019ll be fighting for the podium too. You\u2019ll see, with the new cars, Hamilton will be back in the fight for victory; he\u2019s always great.\u201d<\/p>\n

The incoming F1 2026 regulations promise to once again level the playing field, allowing teams or drivers who struggled during this regulatory set to flourish in response to an era that better suits their talents.<\/p>\n

While Hamilton\u2019s current sixth place in the championship standings isn\u2019t his worst-ever performance in F1, one can see parallel similarities between his move from McLaren to Mercedes back in 2013. There, it took several races for Hamilton to truly adapt to the new outfit; the following year, a regulatory change brought with it his ability to contend for titles.<\/p>\n

Interestingly, Hamilton\u2019s performance thus far seems to have changed Briatore\u2019s mind regarding whether or not the driver is fit for the team.<\/p>\n

Speaking to Sport Bila in January, Briatore admitted that while he \u201crespected\u201d the Hamilton-Ferrari partnership, he also had to \u201cwonder if it makes sense.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cFerrari had two top drivers in Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz,\u201d Briatore said. \u201cI don\u2019t understand why this great duo was torn apart.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is not my job to pass judgement, but if I had been in a position of responsibility at Ferrari, I would not have contracted Lewis.\u201d<\/p>\n

Read next:\u00a0Five of the biggest flash points between team-mates in F1 history: Hamilton, Verstappen and more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lewis Hamilton\u2019s start at Scuderia Ferrari has been plagued by struggle, frustration, and even miscommunication \u2014 but that\u2019s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":199670,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[573],"tags":[64,63,817,826,10367,813,816,818,823,44,17165,85],"class_list":["post-199669","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-formula-1","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-f1","tag-ferrari","tag-flavio-briatore","tag-formula-1","tag-formula1","tag-home-page","tag-lewis-hamilton","tag-news","tag-popular","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199669","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=199669"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199669\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/199670"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=199669"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=199669"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=199669"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}