{"id":377288,"date":"2025-12-29T02:50:12","date_gmt":"2025-12-29T02:50:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/377288\/"},"modified":"2025-12-29T02:50:12","modified_gmt":"2025-12-29T02:50:12","slug":"key-lewis-hamilton-f1-2026-decision-made-as-ferrari-sf-25-goes-to-hell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/377288\/","title":{"rendered":"Key Lewis Hamilton F1 2026 decision made as Ferrari SF-25 goes to hell"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It is time to bring you up to speed with the latest F1 news, as we round-up the 28 December headlines.<\/p>\n<p>A decision has reportedly been made for Lewis Hamilton to continue his Riccardo Adami Ferrari alliance, while PlanetF1.com\u2019s own Oliver Harden states that a special place in hell awaits the Ferrari SF-25. All this and more, so let\u2019s get to it.<\/p>\n<p>Lewis Hamilton and Riccardo Adami alliance to continue?<\/p>\n<p>Hamilton struggled in his first season with Ferrari, and one of the subplots was some apparent tense exchanges with race engineer Riccardo Adami.<\/p>\n<p>Adami is reportedly set to stay in his role for F1 2026, after what has been described as a \u2018very positive\u2019 dinner with Hamilton.<\/p>\n<p>Read more \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.planetf1.com\/news\/lewis-hamilton-ferrari-race-engineer-riccardo-adami-f1-2026\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Key Lewis Hamilton decision made for F1 2026 after Adami talks \u2013 report<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ferrari SF-25 consigned to hell<\/p>\n<p>Ferrari\u2019s 2025 car, the SF-25, failed to produce a single grand prix victory with Charles Leclerc and Hamilton at the wheel.<\/p>\n<p>PlanetF1.com\u2019s Oliver Harden analyses why a \u2018special place in hell\u2019 has been reserved for this Ferrari.<\/p>\n<p>Read more \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.planetf1.com\/features\/ferrari-sf-25-lewis-hamilton-hell\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">A special place in hell awaits the Ferrari SF-25<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Max Verstappen\u2019s race engineer linked with Aston Martin<\/p>\n<p>A report has emerged claiming that Gianpiero Lambiase, Max Verstappen\u2019s long-serving race engineer, could have an Aston Martin move in his future.<\/p>\n<p>Lambiase could join Aston Martin in a role at \u2018team principal or CEO level\u2019, it is alleged.<\/p>\n<p>Read more \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.planetf1.com\/news\/max-verstappen-gianpiero-lambiase-aston-martin-race-engineer\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Max Verstappen race engineer linked with shock Aston Martin move \u2013 report<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Gabriel Bortoleto got Max Verstappen advice on McLaren contract<\/p>\n<p>Verstappen also enjoys a very strong relationship with Audi F1 driver Gabriel Bortoleto.<\/p>\n<p>So much so, that Bortoleto used to get Verstappen\u2019s advice on his contracts as a junior, which included getting Verstappen\u2019s take on signing with the McLaren academy.<\/p>\n<p>Read more \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.planetf1.com\/news\/gabriel-bortoleto-max-verstappen-mclaren-contract-advice\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bortoleto opens up on Max Verstappen McLaren contract advice<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Take a closer look at the Mercedes W16<\/p>\n<p>Mercedes opted for a more spaced out development programme in 2025.<\/p>\n<p>PlanetF1.com\u2019s resident tech expert Matthew Somerfield has taken an in-depth look at the Mercedes W16 that was.<\/p>\n<p>Read more \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.planetf1.com\/features\/mercedes-w16-technical-analysis-f1-2025\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">F1 uncovered: Revealing the inner workings of the Mercedes W16<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It is time to bring you up to speed with the latest F1 news, as we round-up the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":377289,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[573],"tags":[64,63,817,826,813,816,7695,818,823,825,44,85],"class_list":["post-377288","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-formula-1","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-f1","tag-ferrari","tag-formula-1","tag-formula1","tag-gabriel-bortoleto","tag-home-page","tag-lewis-hamilton","tag-max-verstappen","tag-news","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/377288","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=377288"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/377288\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/377289"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=377288"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=377288"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=377288"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}