{"id":885538,"date":"2026-09-09T10:10:30","date_gmt":"2026-09-09T10:10:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/885538\/"},"modified":"2026-09-09T10:10:30","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T10:10:30","slug":"f1-news-lewis-hamilton-feels-betrayed-by-vasseur-italian-media-react-to-ferrari-fallout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/885538\/","title":{"rendered":"F1 News: Lewis Hamilton ‘feels betrayed by Vasseur’ – Italian media react to Ferrari fallout"},"content":{"rendered":"

The fallout to Ferrari’s shocking 2026 Italian Grand Prix<\/a> continues to rumble on in Italy as a nation processes the latest failure of its beloved team. <\/p>\n

\nWhile 20-year-old Kimi Antonelli was surging through from P19 to take a glorious ‘home win’<\/a> at the ‘Temple of Speed’, it was not the home win most fans wanted. <\/p>\n

\nThe adoring tifosi had assembled at Monza on Sunday hoping that Lewis Hamilton<\/a> and\/or Charles Leclerc<\/a> could breathe new life into a Scuderia season which is again threatening to peter out. <\/p>\n

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\nWhat they got instead was disaster as first the Ferrari team-mates made controversial early contact with each other on Lap 1. Then Leclerc crashed out heavily on Lap 2 to end his day<\/a>. <\/p>\n

\nHamilton then drove round to an uninspiring P6 finish, with Ferrari<\/a>‘s ADUO2 engine upgrade failing to make a notable dent in the huge gap to Antonelli and Mercedes<\/a>. <\/p>\n

\nAfterwards the seven-time world champion was again critical of Ferrari’s strategy, saying among other things that the team have no prescriptive rules of engagement for their drivers. That in stark contrast to his days at Mercedes. <\/p>\n

\nREAD MORE: Ferrari have blown it again, only Horner can fix this mess and the Hamilton problem<\/a> <\/p>\n

Defending Hamilton, Vasseur under fire<\/p>\n

\nReaction from Italian media has been predictably brutal, with Giorgio Pasini of Tuttosport<\/a> withering in his criticism as he reveals his post-race report cards. <\/p>\n

\nGiving the Scuderia a miserable 4\/10 rating, Pasini did though defend Hamilton and clearly believes the British star is on the right side of any argument. He also has a strong take on the ‘lack of rules’ and what that means for Hamilton’s relationship with team principal Fred Vasseur. <\/p>\n

\n“Hamilton (rating 7: fighting with what he has) feels betrayed by Vasseur (the rating for the team is his as the boss) and his failure to give team orders like the other teams. <\/p>\n

\"VasseurVasseur comes in for heavy criticism.<\/p>\n

\n“He says it openly. And who can blame him? The spirit and legacy of Schumacher, which Ferrari wanted to celebrate here, is truly lost, left behind at the Monza of twenty years ago. The last victory here in the Kaiser’s golden era.” <\/p>\n

‘Disastrous moves’ from Leclerc<\/p>\n

\nLeclerc meanwhiles comes in for heavy criticism, and a 2\/10 rating, as Pasini claims: “Rating 2, like the two disastrous moves in three laps: the one on his team-mate at the first corner and the accident on the Parabolica caused by putting his wheels on the gratings of the new slippery kerb, as everyone knew. “ <\/p>\n

\nPasini says the record crowd of 404,000 came to Monza looking for hope – instead it found a Ferrari again succumbing to “friendly fire”. Where have we heard that before. <\/p>\n

\nThe second half of the season is only just under way but Sunday’s events in Monza mean we can almost certainly curtail any talk of Ferrari title hopes in 2026. <\/p>\n

\nOnce again it is now about the future, who will remain and who will survive. The fun and games at Maranello are only just beginning. <\/p>\n

\nREAD MORE: Honda promise ‘big step’ for Aston Martin engine and it could be crucial to Fernando Alonso’s F1 future<\/a> <\/p>\n

\nREAD MORE: Ferrari F1 chief confirms Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc inquest after ‘unacceptable’ incident<\/a><\/p>\n

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