Lewis Hamilton has taken a moment to reflect on his time at Ferrari so far, admitting it feels like his \u201cmost intense\u201d season in F1 to date \u2013 but one that leaves him with no doubt the legendary team possess all they need to win titles again.<\/p>\n
Hamilton made his blockbuster move from Mercedes to Ferrari over the winter, with the Briton hoping to bag an eighth F1 Drivers\u2019 Championship and help the Scuderia claim their first title since winning the 2008 Teams\u2019 Championship.<\/p>\n
It has been a rollercoaster ride for the 40-year-old since then, with highs including a Sprint pole position and victory in China<\/a>, and lows including a painful Hungary weekend on which Hamilton described himself as \u201cabsolutely useless\u201d<\/a>.<\/p>\n Speaking before hitting the track at the Hungaroring, however, Hamilton told media that there are plenty of reasons for Ferrari fans to be optimistic about the squad\u2019s future.<\/p>\n \u201cThe team has every ingredient that they need to win World Championships,\u201d Hamilton insisted, when asked what notes he has been giving Ferrari since his arrival.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s literally just about getting things all aligned and running smoothly and freely, stress-free, which we\u2019re all trying to do.\u201d<\/p>\n Hamilton then opened up on how that process has been going in what marks his 19th season as an F1 driver \u2013 and why the summer break will be an important reset for both himself and Ferrari.<\/p>\n \u201cThis [season] has definitely been the most intense one, I would say, just from a work perspective,\u201d he said. \u201cIntegrating into a new culture, a new team, it\u2019s not gone smoothly in all areas, and it\u2019s been a real battle.<\/p>\n \u201cI definitely need to get away and recharge, be around the kids and laugh. I\u2019m sure there will be some tears at some point, and I think that\u2019s really healthy.<\/p>\n \u201cBut I\u2019m always excited to race. I love what I do, I love being in red, I love working with this team, and I have such belief in this team.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s really hard to explain. I already had it a lot with my previous team. Over time you really build that camaraderie, and I see the passion in this team and I love it. All I want to do is contribute the best that I can.<\/p>\n \u201cOf course, I need to do most of that on track and I\u2019m not always hitting that, but also in the background I see there\u2019s things that we can always improve, and there\u2019s things that I can improve.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m just really excited for this break. I think for everybody, particularly the guys at the factory, they\u2019ll definitely enjoy this time with their family and we\u2019ll come back extra energised for the second half.\u201d<\/p>\n Hamilton holds sixth position in the Drivers\u2019 Standings<\/a> after 14 of 24 rounds in 2025, one spot behind team mate Charles Leclerc, while their collective efforts have put Ferrari second to reigning World Champions McLaren in the Teams\u2019 battle<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lewis Hamilton has taken a moment to reflect on his time at Ferrari so far, admitting it feels…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":65483,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[1687,372,6537,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-65482","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-f1","tag-f1","tag-formula-1","tag-formula1","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65482","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=65482"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65482\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/65483"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65482"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65482"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65482"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}