Lewis Hamilton spoke of the \u201camazing\u201d support which he has had from Ferrari team boss Fred Vasseur, and gave a fascinating insight into how the Frenchman goes about business at the Ferrari helm.<\/p>\n
Hamilton<\/a> \u2013 whose association with Vasseur stretches back to his junior racing days \u2013 spoke of how \u201ccar performance\u201d is what Vasseur is all about, a person who Hamilton says has not changed at all over the last almost two decades.<\/p>\n Lewis Hamilton highlights \u2018amazing\u2019 Fred Vasseur support<\/p>\n Having called time on his record-breaking Mercedes career to join Ferrari in time for F1 2025, Hamilton reunited with Ferrari team principal Vasseur. The duo already knew each other extremely well, Hamilton having won his Formula 3 and GP2 titles with Vasseur\u2019s team.<\/p>\n It has not been the first season in Ferrari red though which Hamilton and the team had hoped for. Ferrari is yet to win a race this year, while Hamilton is still searching for his first Ferrari podium.<\/p>\n Nonetheless, Hamilton would rather have this growing phase for himself and the team now, rather than when the title is on the line.<\/p>\n \u201cFred\u2019s support in me has been amazing,\u201d Hamilton told the media ahead of the Singapore Grand Prix.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s not been the perfect year, as we know, but it\u2019s been a lot of learnings, and I think we\u2019re just going from strength to strength. I think we are more solid and more united as a team than ever before.<\/p>\n \u201cI think there\u2019s clearly the things that we need to improve on, but we\u2019re under no illusions that that\u2019s the case, and everyone is just flat out focused on improving the processes and really right now, all the races are like that.<\/p>\n \u201cEach race, we\u2019re learning something. We look at the last race and our shortcomings, for example, are things that it\u2019s better to have now when we\u2019re not fighting for a championship, than in the moment when we are.\u201d<\/p>\n Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc head-to-head in F1 2025<\/p>\n \ud83d\udc49\u00a0F1 2025: Head-to-head qualifying statistics between team-mates<\/a><\/p>\n \ud83d\udc49\u00a0F1 2025: Head-to-head race statistics between team-mates<\/a><\/p>\n Ferrari delivered a show of faith in Vasseur\u2019s vision by signing him to a new multi-year contract in the summer, a hammer blow to reports in Italy questioning Vasseur\u2019s future.<\/p>\n Hamilton digs the way Vasseur operates, which is no different now at Ferrari to when he was running ART.<\/p>\n Put to him that everyone changes in 19 years, Hamilton replied: \u201cNot Fred. No. Fred still wears the same clothes, and he\u2019s exactly the same as he was. Everything is exactly the same, generally, I would say.<\/p>\n \u201cI always admired him heavily when I was in the lower categories. Just the way he worked with a team. He\u2019s clearly a straight shooter, clearly a massive competitor. But I always admired, like, I came from a couple of different teams that they\u2019re focused on\u2026 where they spent their money, was on other areas, and he was all about aerodynamics and performance.<\/p>\n \u201cAnd that\u2019s what he\u2019s all about today. It\u2019s just all about car performance, which I think is a strength of his.\u201d<\/p>\n Ferrari are locked in combat with Mercedes and Red Bull over second in the Constructors\u2019 Championship<\/a>. Ferrari sits third, 27 points behind Mercedes.<\/p>\n