{"id":584612,"date":"2026-04-05T22:14:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-05T22:14:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/584612\/"},"modified":"2026-04-05T22:14:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T22:14:11","slug":"lewis-hamilton-ferrari-contract-questioned-as-max-verstappen-to-lose-red-bull-ally-racingnews365-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/584612\/","title":{"rendered":"Lewis Hamilton Ferrari contract questioned as Max Verstappen to lose Red Bull ally \u2013 RacingNews365 Review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lewis Hamilton has made an encouraging start to the F1 season, but Ralf Schumacher believes there may be a deeper reason behind his resurgence.<\/p>\n<p>After a difficult 2025 campaign\u2014 his first with Ferrari \u2014in which Hamilton struggled for consistency and took time to adapt to a new environment, the seven-time world champion appears rejuvenated this year.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/racingnews365.com\/lewis-hamilton-contract-at-ferrari-questioned-this-will-probably-attract-a-lot-of-criticism\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">READ MORE: Lewis Hamilton contract at Ferrari questioned: &#8216;This will probably attract a lot of criticism&#8217;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tMax Verstappen set to lose trusted Red Bull ally amid further team changes \u2013 report<\/p>\n<p>Long-serving Red Bull mechanic Ole Schack is reportedly preparing to leave the team, bringing an end to one of the most enduring tenures in the Formula 1 paddock.<\/p>\n<p>According to widespread reports, including from PlanetF1, the Dane has already submitted his resignation to the Milton Keynes outfit.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/racingnews365.com\/max-verstappen-set-to-lose-trusted-red-bull-ally-amid-further-team-changes-report\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">READ MORE: Max Verstappen set to lose trusted Red Bull ally amid further team changes \u2013 report<\/a><\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"content-field__images__image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/SI202603280074_hires_jpeg_24bit_rgb.jpg\" width=\"650\" alt=\"&#9;&#9;&#9;\u00a9 Red Bull Content Pool&#10;&#9;\" loading=\"lazy\" onerror=\"window.utilitiesPictureTagFallbackHandler(this)\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\u00a9 Red Bull Content Pool<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tGeorge Russell and Kimi Antonelli &#8216;absolutely certain&#8217; to clash in high-stakes Mercedes fight<\/p>\n<p>Eddie Irvine believes George Russell and Kimi Antonelli will come to blows in an intra-Mercedes F1 title battle, arguing &#8220;the stakes are too high&#8221; for it not to.<\/p>\n<p>The four-time grand prix winner also does not think team principal Toto Wolff can step in and implement team orders, having been through such difficulties with Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/racingnews365.com\/george-russell-and-kimi-antonelli-absolutely-certain-to-clash-in-high-stakes-mercedes-fight\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">READ MORE: George Russell and Kimi Antonelli &#8216;absolutely certain&#8217; to clash in high-stakes Mercedes fight<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tFerrari to get extensive help for Mercedes fight as Macarena wing set to return<\/p>\n<p>All teams will undoubtedly use the weeks leading up to the Miami Grand Prix \u2014 the next round of the season \u2014 to analyse data, run simulations and prepare the upgrades they intend to introduce in Florida.<\/p>\n<p>After the opening three races helped define the performance picture of the SF-26 \u2014 highlighting both its weaknesses (particularly in comparison to Mercedes) and its strengths \u2014 Ferrari is now fully focused at Maranello on addressing the former and consolidating the latter.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/racingnews365.com\/ferrari-to-get-extensive-help-for-mercedes-fight-as-macarena-wing-set-to-return\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">READ MORE: Ferrari to get extensive help for Mercedes fight as Macarena wing set to return<\/a><\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"content-field__images__image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/XPB_1403960_HiRes.jpg\" width=\"650\" alt=\"&#9;&#9;&#9;\u00a9 XPBimages&#10;&#9;\" loading=\"lazy\" onerror=\"window.utilitiesPictureTagFallbackHandler(this)\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\u00a9 XPBimages<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tCarlos Sainz facing major F1 career problem: &#8216;He&#8217;s up against it&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Former Formula 1 driver Martin Brundle believes Carlos Sainz is &#8220;up against it,&#8221; as he faces the major issue of not having a strong exit route from Williams.<\/p>\n<p>It has been a disastrous start to the new power unit regulations for the British team, which has already encountered several problems.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/racingnews365.com\/carlos-sainz-facing-major-f1-career-problem-hes-up-against-it#comments\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">READ MORE: Carlos Sainz facing major F1 career problem: &#8216;He&#8217;s up against it&#8217;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tCrucial Red Bull deficit identified: &#8216;Certainly doesn&#8217;t help Verstappen&#8217;s mood&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Alex Wurz has pinpointed one area where Red Bull is lagging behind its F1 rivals in analysing the recent Japanese Grand Prix.<\/p>\n<p>The former F1 driver, who is also the Grand Prix Drivers&#8217; Association (GPDA) chairperson, singled out the Milton Keynes-based squad&#8217;s energy management around Suzuka as a particular weakness.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/racingnews365.com\/crucial-red-bull-deficit-identified-certainly-doesnt-help-verstappen-mood\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">READ MORE: Crucial Red Bull deficit identified: &#8216;Certainly doesn&#8217;t help Verstappen&#8217;s mood&#8217;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lewis Hamilton has made an encouraging start to the F1 season, but Ralf Schumacher believes there may be&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":584613,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[441],"tags":[49,48,2476,578,2479,2477,2480,2478,930,576,577,932,1885,2475,582,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-584612","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-formula-1","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-daniel-ricciardo","11":"tag-f1","12":"tag-f1-calendar","13":"tag-f1-live","14":"tag-f1-results","15":"tag-f1-standings","16":"tag-ferrari","17":"tag-formula-1","18":"tag-formula1","19":"tag-lewis-hamilton","20":"tag-max-verstappen","21":"tag-motorsport","22":"tag-racing","23":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/584612","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=584612"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/584612\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/584613"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=584612"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=584612"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=584612"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}