Yesterday at 07:25
Former Aston Martin F1 strategist Bernie Collins has questioned
whether Lewis Hamilton and Ferrari can turn the year around, with a
"reset" needed to fix "two stages". It has been a difficult start
to life at Ferrari for the seven-time world champion, who has
failed to claim a podium in the opening 14 rounds. The Briton has
struggled adjusting to the SF-25 and hit a new low in Hungary,
where he referred to himself as "useless" after a Q2 exit. On the
same weekend, Charles Leclerc secured pole position for Ferrari,
adding to his achievements this campaign. Leclerc has claimed five
podiums in 2025, and has scored 42 points more than Hamilton.
Ahead of the season, there was major hype around Hamilton's move to
the Maranello-based outfit, but also concerns over how he would
deal with the adjustment period. That adjustment period is still
happening, with Collins highlighting two stages which are still
ongoing; Hamilton adjusting to the SF-25, and the SF-25 not being
as good as he expected. Asked where it has gone wrong for
Hamilton, Collins told Sky F1 : "Yeah, I think there was a lot of
hype around it. There was a lot of excitement around it. "It was
going to potentially be this dream team, Lewis in a Ferrari,
reignite his love of the sport, bring back the performances of old
that we've not seen in recent years. If Ferrari could produce a
[good] enough car, the eighth world championship was talked about a
lot. "But, there was also a lot of talk about how difficult it
would be to integrate to the team. Very different culturally, very
different car, different engine, all of these things that Lewis has
been used to for so much of his career, and we're seeing some of
that play out. "We're seeing some of that difficulty adjusting
play out. But we did see Leclerc on pole, so he's obviously
frustrated that he's not getting the best out of the car, even
though the car is not as good as he would like it to be. "So
there's these two stages happening and it does need a bit of a
reset. I don't know if the end of the year can be turned around.
Obviously, Lewis hopes they can, and Ferrari hope they can, but
they need to set themselves up for the strongest position they
could be in next year."
