Lewis Hamilton has revealed that he’s working intently with Loic Serra to handle a number of key points as Ferrari develops their 2026 F1 automotive.
Hamilton has endured a disappointing begin to his Ferrari profession, failing to complete on the rostrum in any of the opening 10 races.
The seven-time world champion has been vocal about his battle to adapt to the SF-25.
Ferrari have failed to supply a title-contending automotive, which was surprising as they completed simply 14 factors off McLaren within the constructors’ championship final 12 months.
After the Canadian Grand Prix, Hamilton hinted that important inside modifications had been wanted at Ferrari for them to turn out to be a reputable power in F1.
Talking in Austria on Thursday, Hamilton stated that his focus is making certain Ferrari have “long-term success” by working intently with crew principal Frederic Vasseur and technical chief, Serra.
“We are attempting to do one of the best that we will. Within the background I’m working onerous with Fred and the crew to make modifications and enhancements in order that we will have long-term success.
“I’m working with Loic on subsequent 12 months’s entrance suspension and rear suspension, and addressing understeer points, ensuring we study from earlier years. Studying from this 12 months in order that subsequent 12 months is one of the best we will have is my predominant focus.”
Hamilton: Ferrari improve gained’t “change an enormous quantity”
Over the subsequent few rounds, Ferrari are anticipated to introduce a lot of main upgrades in a bid to avoid wasting their season.
For Austria, Ferrari are set to run a revised flooring which can assist remedy their trip top difficulty.
Like teammate Charles Leclerc, Lewis Hamilton is uncertain it would have a big impression.
“I’m comfortable that now we have upgrades. It’s all the time thrilling. I’m grateful for everybody working onerous,” Hamilton stated.
“We don’t know but, the precise impact it would have. The extra info we get on the load added to the automotive isn’t clear.
“Hopefully it’s a step in the precise route however I don’t suppose we’re anticipating to vary an enormous quantity. Fingers crossed it’s higher than we hope.”
Hamilton will likely be hoping that woman luck is on his facet this weekend.
On the Spanish Grand Prix, his race was curtailed by a technical difficulty Ferrari refused to elaborate on publicly.
In Montreal, Hamilton ran over a groundhog, which destroyed the underside of his automotive.
“I’m not making excuses. We had been second within the constructors’ earlier than the final race. We now have had many issues on each side,” he added.
“The optimistic is that we’re making enhancements and progressing. I really feel like I’m making progress.
“In the end it was a greater weekend [in Canada]. The qualifying has improved. Clearly I had a difficulty within the race.
“Plenty of issues occur all through the weekend. Possibly at some point we’ll discover out all of the issues which have gone on to hinder us – whether or not crew errors, automotive points, driver errors…”
