The paddock of Formula 1 was shaken by a real media earthquake: Lewis Hamilton, seven times world champion and a new diamond tip of Ferrari, has released a declaration that could radically change the balance inside the rampant horse. In an exclusive interview with some English media, the British pilot publicly expressed its full support for Christian Horner – Team Principal of the Red Bull – just as there is an air of growing tension at the figure of Frédéric Vasseur in the Ferrari house.
Hamilton, never so direct since he announced his transition to the Red for 2025, has used clear and almost glacial words:“In Motorsport, leadership counts as much as the car. Some teams know how to build a winning culture, others have to deal with their choices.”Although he did not make names, the reference to Vasseur – current Team Principal of Ferrari – was immediately clear to everyone.
But what further inflamed the situation was his next comment, leaked from sources inside the Maranello team: Hamilton would have sent a direct message to the Ferrari management, suggesting that “to build a winning project, a clear vision and a clear change at the top is needed”. Words that sound like an explicit request: Vasseur should make aside before the start of the 2026 season, if not by the end of 2025.
Behind this position there would be the growing bad mood of the English pilot towards the internal management of the team. According to increasingly insistent voices, Hamilton would not feel listened to during the technical meetings and would see in the figure of Horner – he defined as “one of the few leaders with a clear and continuous vision” – the ideal model to follow.
For now, Vasseur’s reply has not arrived. However, the disconnect meanders melong with the Ferrari box. Some engineers, linked to the previous Binotto management, would see a renewal properly, while others fear that this frontal clash can further destabilize a team already looking for identity.
Meanwhile, the social networks have exploded: divided fans, those who take sides with Hamilton for his desire to bring Ferrari back to the top, and who accuses the British arrogance and poor sensitivity towards the historical culture of the Italian team.
One thing is certain: the idyll between Hamilton and Ferrari has turned into a proof of strength. And with the still long season, and the results that struggle to arrive, this fracture risks becoming the real political case of the paddock.
