Lewis Hamilton: Ferrari driver says change at F1 team ‘work in progress’ amid ‘compromises’ to improve | F1 News

Lewis Hamilton says that improving Ferrari’s communication and breed weekend remains a “work in progress” when he reaches the half of his first season in the team.

The British Grand Prix for this weekend is the 12th round campaign race, with Silverstone to be the first time that seven times Hamilton champion has led to Ferrari Red in front of his crowd.

Despite high pre-season expectations after a solid finish until 2024, Ferrari’s campaign has largely disappointed so far, the team’s hope to challenge the world championship against the dominant McLaren does not materialize.

Hamilton, on the other hand, continues to adapt to the team car and to work practices after 12 years at Mercedes, the Briton has not yet finished on a podium Grand Prix. Team Charles Leclerc has won four top three tops so far.

With six more months to extend until the dawn of one of the most important rules of F1 rules, when Ferrari finally hopes to return to title tracks, Hamilton was invited Thursday if he was satisfied with the preparation by the team of zones outside the car 2026 itself – such as communication, upgrades and workflows – and if they already had margins for the rest of this year.

But he replied: “The answer is no. It is a work in progress.

“There are changes that I try to implement and make. It seems to be a fairly slow process, but there are changes and we improve.

“You want everything to go now, as soon as possible.

“It’s a year when I literally try to build this foundation with the team. We get to know each other.

“We both work differently and there are compromises and there are changes that we make to try to prepare the best.”

“ I would never want to do the same thing as my teammate ” – Hamilton explains the request for strategy of Austria

Speaking in advance to the written media of Silverstone, Hamilton gave an example of the way he felt and Ferrari always learned to adapt to each other from the Austrian Grand Prix last week.

Running several seconds behind the teammate Charles Leclerc in the middle of last Sunday in the third and fourth places respectively, and without real threat from George Russell of Mercedes behind, Hamilton asked the team’s stand to be kept longer before his second and last stop at the stand.

However, he was maintained on their existing plan and stopped a lap after Leclerc, the teammates finally crossed the nine second line.

When asked if they had spoken about it since last Sunday, Hamilton said: “Even there is probably an hour, I raised it. I mentioned it after the race, we had time to think.

“I think that the best vision of the team was that they just wanted to make sure they got third and fourth, which is quite good. But I said:” Listen, I am not there to start fourth and finish fourth, I run for each bit that we can win “.

“In a scenario like this, for example, they had exactly on the same strategy. I think we went both to the average medium, I said that I would have made the hard means, so at least I was compensated at the end. I would never want to do the same thing as my teammate, never.

“Then, this last passage, we were not under pressure of the cars behind and they said” yes, but you would have been exceeded by Charles towards the end. I said “Well, there could have been a security car. At that time, there was no risk of taking a bet and I said” I never wanted to get to a point where I ignore you, so what we do, we work on our communication.

“We always get to know each other and how we like to operate, and that is understood.”

Can Hamilton provide the first Ferrari podium on home floor?

Hamilton returns to Silverstone a year after his ninth victory in the record extent to the circuit – a particularly emotional triumph for the pilot of the time, since it was his first victory anywhere in F1 for two and a half years.

This time, the 40 -year -old offers an end to another unprecedented sequence in his sparkling career – 13 podium finishing races.

Hamilton, however, finished on the last 12 podiums Silverstone and said: “I hope we will be in a position similar to Austria, but I have never focused on Ferrari’s performance here in the past.

“If it’s a dry day, McLaren will get along. But you never know what will happen here with the wind and the rain.

“The crowd will make a big difference, so I hope they will help us bring us a little closer.”

And if he can dream of a superb victory, he said: “I really don’t know and I never want Jinx. In my heart, I hope a strong weekend.

“I haven’t had a podium yet, so it would be a special place to get it. I hope the incredible support we have here can make a difference.”

British Sky Sports F1 GP schedule

Friday July 4
8:45 am: F3 Practical
9:55 am: F2 Practical
12 noon: British GP Practice One (the session starts at 12:30 p.m.)
1:55 p.m.: F3 Qualification
2:50 p.m.: F2 qualification
3:35 p.m.: British GP Practice two (the session starts at 4 p.m.)
5:15 p.m.: The F1 show

Saturday July 5
9:10 am: Sprint F3
11:15 p.m.: GP British GP Trois (session starts at 11:30 am)
1:10 p.m.: F2 Sprint
2:15 p.m.: British qualification accumulation GP *
3 p.m.: British GP Qualify *
4:55 p.m.: F4 Race 1
5:40 p.m.: Ted qualification notebook

Sunday July 6
8:15 am: F4 Race 2
9:25 am: F3 functionality breed
11 am: F2 Race Feature
1:30 p.m.: Grand Prix Sunday: British GP Build-Up *
3 p.m.: The British Grand Prix *
5 p.m.: Damy flag: British reaction GP *
6 p.m.: Ted * notebook

* Also on the main event of Sky Sports

The next stage of the Formula 1 season in 2025 is the big, the British Grand Prix in Silverstone – Live on Sky Sports F1 and Sky Showcase with coverage from Thursday to Sunday at 3 p.m. Stream Sky Sports with now – no contract, cancel at any time.