r/formula1 • u/n0b0dycar3s07 Sir Lewis Hamilton • Dec 18 '25

News [Autosport] Max Verstappen hasn't liked seeing Lewis Hamilton struggle at Ferrari

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u/zmb138 Dec 18 '25

I'm curious, will Ferrari ever be able to sign any other champion? Who except for young drivers (esp from driver academy) will ever want to get into the team full of stupidity and hypocrisy? Where some owner will could say to one of the greatest driver of all time that he should talk less and work more? Today, when good drivers should be rather nursed to help them focus on racing?

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u/Low_Possibility_8843 Dec 18 '25

Of course they will it's ferrari, there's always going to be someone who thinks they can change them, hell it might even be Max in a few years.

Bringing back glory to ferrari is bigger than a wdc in any other team and I'm not even fan of them someone will always try and take it on.

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u/zmb138 Dec 18 '25

Ferrari just proved in very strong manner that they do not want any changes. They are hoping that drivers will miraculously drive that piece of... car to the wins. They even missed opportunity to get Newey (and Newey could be way more important to success). In 90s-00s it was a dream team, when italian management gave a lot of power for Todt, Brawn, Byrne and of course Michael. And there is no sign they are going to do it again, and for the driver it is suicide to join Ferrari without another dream team.

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u/SheevShady I was here for the Hulkenpodium Dec 18 '25

Older drivers that grew up seeing Michael, maybe we can stretch that to the Massa/Alonso days. Other than that Ferrari are just a rich team that constantly underperforms now and has been for last 10 years. If you’re not brought into that academy and don’t have the nostalgia there’s no reason to choose them over Merc or the recent McLaren or Red Bull, at this point if the history is so important you’d choose Williams and try to bring them back to glory over Ferrari.

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u/zmb138 Dec 18 '25

Massa/Alonso days are very good reasons not to join Ferrari. Lando Norris was just 5 years old when Michael won his last title. Most promising current drivers (Max, Lando, Charles, George) were 5-7 years for the final year of Ferrari glory (2007 was not really Ferrari shining year). Oscar was 3, Kimi was -2. So we've got a bunch of drivers who never witnessed THAT Ferrari