{"id":474004,"date":"2026-06-12T16:27:15","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T16:27:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/474004\/"},"modified":"2026-06-12T16:27:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T16:27:15","slug":"lewis-hamiltons-group-chat-is-50-50-on-the-ferrari-luce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/474004\/","title":{"rendered":"Lewis Hamilton\u2019s group chat is \u201c50\/50\u201d on the Ferrari Luce."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Posted Jun 12, 2026 at 3:27 PM UTC<\/p>\n<p>Lewis Hamilton\u2019s group chat is \u201c50\/50\u201d on the Ferrari Luce.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">While talking to the press ahead of a race in Barcelona this weekend, Hamilton <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@beinsports.asia\/video\/7650367790641138951?is_from_webapp=1&amp;sender_device=pc\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">said<\/a> his friends\u2019 reaction to the Luce was \u201cmixed, like you see on social media.\u201d \u201cMixed\u201d is definitely one word for the online reaction to Ferrari\u2019s new EV, which attracted a wave of memes and criticism <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/transportation\/939226\/ferrari-luce-design-terrible-ev-jony-ive-apple\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">over its design<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Follow topics and authors from this story to see more like this in your personalized homepage feed and to receive email updates.Stevie BonifieldClose<img alt=\"Stevie Bonifield\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\" class=\"_1bw37385 i7ks070\" style=\"position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent;background-size:cover;background-position:50% 50%;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-image:url(&quot;data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg' %3E%3Cfilter id='b' 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