RacingNews365 readers have delivered a resounding verdict on Ferrari’s decision to retain Lewis Hamilton for the 2027 season, with 97.6% voting in favour and just 2.4% against.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
It is a remarkable show of faith in a 41-year-old who endured a nightmare 2025 campaign, finishing sixth in the standings with 156 points, zero grand prix podiums and a yawning 86-point deficit to teammate Charles Leclerc. That first year in red was, statistically, the weakest of Hamilton’s entire career.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
And yet here we are. Halfway through 2026, Hamilton sits third in the drivers’ championship on 147 points, ahead of Leclerc, with a victory in Barcelona, five podiums from nine races and points at every single round. The turnaround has been nothing short of extraordinary.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
Team principal Fred Vasseur confirmed the news in typically understated fashion. When asked directly whether Hamilton would race for Ferrari in 2027, the team principal simply replied: “Yes.”\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
Hamilton himself has long viewed 2026 as the season that would define his time at Maranello, crediting Vasseur for the internal changes that fuelled the resurgence.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
“I wouldn’t be in this team without Fred,” Hamilton said after his Barcelona triumph. “Fred is the one that made it happen, of which I’m incredibly grateful to him for.”\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
Our readers clearly agree that betting on Hamilton remains the right call. At 97.6%, there is very little room for debate.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
Check out the poll results below!\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"RacingNews365 readers have delivered a resounding verdict on Ferrari’s decision to retain Lewis Hamilton for the 2027 season,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":783367,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[572],"tags":[64,63,827,830,828,831,829,826,813,823,825,806,805,824,803,804,822,85],"class_list":["post-794221","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-motosport","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-daniel-ricciardo","tag-f1-calendar","tag-f1-live","tag-f1-results","tag-f1-standings","tag-ferrari","tag-formula-1","tag-lewis-hamilton","tag-max-verstappen","tag-motor","tag-motor-sports","tag-motorsport","tag-motosport","tag-motosports","tag-racing","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/794221","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=794221"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/794221\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/783367"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=794221"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=794221"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=794221"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}