{"id":348956,"date":"2025-12-15T06:07:11","date_gmt":"2025-12-15T06:07:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/348956\/"},"modified":"2025-12-15T06:07:11","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T06:07:11","slug":"hamiltons-ferrari-relationship-better-than-what-you-see-from-the-outside","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/348956\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Hamilton&#8217;s Ferrari relationship better than what you see from the outside&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A key member of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gpblog.com\/en\/f1-teams\/ferrari\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gpblog.com\/en\/f1-teams\/ferrari\" title=\"Ferrari\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ferrari<\/a><\/a> team is adamant that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gpblog.com\/en\/f1-drivers\/lewis-hamilton\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gpblog.com\/en\/f1-drivers\/lewis-hamilton\" title=\"Lewis Hamilton\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lewis Hamilton<\/a>&#8216;s<\/a> relationship with the Scuderia is much better than it seems from the outside.\u201cI think what you see from the outside is much worse than what it is.&#8221;- Matteo Togninalli<\/p>\n<p>The head of track engineering at Ferrari, Matteo Togninalli, is sure that Hamilton has a better relationship with Ferrari than many people realise.<\/p>\n<p>Togninalli told GPblog that it is very difficult to switch teams, particularly as Hamilton was with Mercedes for 12 years.<\/p>\n<p>He said: \u201cI\u2019m sure you are all aware, but for the driver changing team, mainly for a driver like Lewis, who spent 10 years in the same team, has a certain level of experience\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou are used to certain people. You are used to doing things in a certain way.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen, if you put this in context, Lewis was fighting for world championships, and it\u2019s a fact this year, we didn\u2019t achieve the target of fighting for the world championship.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"280\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/hamilton-ad-2025-6936ef4c1ce00.jpg@webp.webp\" class=\"w-auto h-auto\" alt=\"hamilton-ad-2025\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Photo: Race Pictures<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo you put the frustration in this, creating the situation. I think what you see from the outside is much worse than what it is. I think the relationship with Lewis, what we are building with Lewis, is extremely positive.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hamilton endured a very difficult campaign in 2025, failing to score a podium finish.<\/p>\n<p>The seven-time world champion did have some near misses, such as at Silverstone and Imola, where he finished fourth.<\/p>\n<p>Hamilton defends Ferrari&#8217;s decision to stop developing the SF-25 early<\/p>\n<p>Ferrari endured a difficult season as they stuttered to fourth in the Constructors&#8217; Championship.<\/p>\n<p>The Italian team didn&#8217;t win a Grand Prix and stopped aerodynamic development in April.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gpblog.com\/en\/news\/hamilton-vehemently-defends-important-decision-made-by-ferrari\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Hamilton still feels it was the right choice to prioritise 2026<\/a> so early in the year.GPblog&#8217;s latest F1 Paddock UpdateWant to stay up-to-date with what happens in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gpblog.com\/en\/f1\" title=\"F1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">F1<\/a>\u00a0paddock? Then GPblog&#8217;s F1 Paddock Update video is the perfect way to do it. Subscribe to GPblog&#8217;s YouTube channel and turn on notifications to never miss the latest videos.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A key member of the Ferrari team is adamant that Lewis Hamilton&#8216;s relationship with the Scuderia is much&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":346826,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[573],"tags":[64,63,817,35119,826,813,816,823,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-348956","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-formula-1","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-f1","11":"tag-f1-news","12":"tag-ferrari","13":"tag-formula-1","14":"tag-formula1","15":"tag-lewis-hamilton","16":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/348956","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=348956"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/348956\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/346826"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=348956"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=348956"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=348956"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}