{"id":293508,"date":"2025-11-18T22:18:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-18T22:18:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/293508\/"},"modified":"2025-11-18T22:18:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T22:18:08","slug":"lewis-hamilton-backed-as-schumacher-2-0-leclerc-urged-to-find-plan-b","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/293508\/","title":{"rendered":"Lewis Hamilton backed as Schumacher 2.0; Leclerc urged to find &#8216;Plan B&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As we move ever closer to the critical triple-header which will close out the F1 season, it is time to bring you up to speed with the latest headlines from the world of Formula 1.<\/p>\n<p>Ferrari has been urged to follow the lead of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.planetf1.com\/driver\/lewis-hamilton\/news\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lewis Hamilton<\/a> by a figure who was there in the Michael Schumacher era, while Charles Leclerc has been advised to plot an escape route from Maranello. All this and more, so let\u2019s get to it.<\/p>\n<p>Lewis Hamilton backed for Michael Schumacher Ferrari impact<\/p>\n<p>Hamilton arrived at Ferrari looking to win his record eighth world championship, and simultaneously end Ferrari\u2019s ongoing title drought.<\/p>\n<p>Ex-Ferrari stalwart Francesco Cigarini says the Michael Schumacher golden days could come back around with Hamilton, but Ferrari must hang on his every word, something which Cigarini believes would also benefit Leclerc.<\/p>\n<p>Read more \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.planetf1.com\/news\/ferrari-must-listen-to-lewis-hamilton-future-francesco-cigarini\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ferrari warned of \u2018vicious circle\u2019 as Lewis Hamilton backed in Michael Schumacher 2.0 call<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Does Charles Leclerc need a Ferrari \u2018Plan B\u2019?<\/p>\n<p>Yes, according to Ralf Schumacher. After Ferrari chairman John Elkann told Leclerc and Hamilton to \u201ctalk less\u201d, Schumacher is urging Leclerc that he needs to establish a Ferrari exit option should he need to use it.<\/p>\n<p>Read more \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.planetf1.com\/news\/ralf-schumacher-charles-leclerc-plan-b-needed-ferrari-chairman-criticism\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Charles Leclerc urged to find \u2018plan B\u2019 after Ferrari chairman \u2018talk less\u2019 demand<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Zak Brown talks Max Verstappen \u2018arrogance\u2019 and Lewis Hamilton<\/p>\n<p>McLaren Racing CEO Zak Brown has suggested that Max Verstappen can be \u201ctoo aggressive\u201d on track at times.<\/p>\n<p>For an example, he suggested that Hamilton has been the victim previously in Brazil.<\/p>\n<p>Read more \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.planetf1.com\/news\/zak-brown-max-verstappen-on-track-arrogance-overly-aggressive-on-lewis-hamilton\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Zak Brown addresses Verstappen \u2018arrogance\u2019 and \u2018overly aggressive\u2019 moves on Hamilton<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Williams goes dark in Las Vegas GP livery<\/p>\n<p>It will be a second change of colours in a row for Williams, and a third in four races at the upcoming Las Vegas Grand Prix.<\/p>\n<p>Williams will embrace the dark under the Sin City lights, with a predominantly black livery.<\/p>\n<p>Read more \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.planetf1.com\/news\/williams-special-las-vegas-gp-dark-livery\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Williams goes dark with striking Las Vegas GP livery as others tease changes<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sauber unveils \u2018final lap\u2019 livery<\/p>\n<p>Williams will not be alone in running a special livery for the Las Vegas Grand Prix. Sauber will also be getting involved with a design which incorporates the chequered flag to symbolise the end of the team\u2019s time in Formula 1.<\/p>\n<p>From F1 2026, Sauber will morph into the Audi F1 works team.<\/p>\n<p>Read more \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.planetf1.com\/news\/sauber-final-lap-las-vegas-gp-livery\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sauber unveils \u2018final lap\u2019 livery as team prepares for F1 farewell<\/a><\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As we move ever closer to the critical triple-header which will close out the F1 season, it is&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":293509,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[573],"tags":[64,63,13275,817,826,813,816,818,823,44,85],"class_list":["post-293508","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-formula-1","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-charles-leclerc","tag-f1","tag-ferrari","tag-formula-1","tag-formula1","tag-home-page","tag-lewis-hamilton","tag-news","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/293508","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=293508"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/293508\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/293509"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=293508"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=293508"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=293508"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}