Cards on the table
In the first press conference of the new season, Lewis Hamilton has thrown away his mask. No more ‘hide and seek’, the Ferrari Englishman declared in no uncertain terms what the objective of the Maranello team and its staff is, after facing the worst season of his careerthe first one spent without ever getting on the podium.
“The goal is to win – the seven-time world champion declared in a press conference – this is what we are working for. Every team does it, but our goal is this: to make the most of every opportunity, hoping to fight in the leading group, hopefully from the first races. We don’t know for sure. Mercedes looked particularly fast, and I’m not sure we’ve seen Red Bull’s true potential yet so it’s all very exciting. But in any case, I feel like I have a great group of people behind mefocused head-on on achieving performance and maximizing every weekend”.
A new beginning
In 2025 there was a lot of talk about the communication problems between Hamilton and the team, made evident by the difficulties that emerged with his track engineer Riccardo Adami, who not surprisingly has now changed roles. According to Hamilton, however, this is the past and now the situation in the team is very different: “Now it’s very different from the first year and it’s a much nicer feeling, having spent a year in the team, understanding the culture, understanding the ways, finding ways of working together. I think we’re in a good place now as a team and today I feel very in tune with the team. So I’m much happier“.
“We did a great job in the winter tests – concluded #44 – the team did an incredible job in the factory, but also in testing, and we learned a lot from last year. We are leaving the negatives behind and moving forward with the positives. We are awake, prepared and know what we have to do. We also know that there are enormous challenges for all of us with the new rules and regulations“Now the answer is up to the track.
