Liuzzi: “Ferrari fighting for the World Championship? I hope so, but I’m not optimistic. Hamilton is paying for his advancing age”

The right year? Like every year there is always enormous attention and curiosity towards Ferrari to understand if this will be the right season in which the Maranello team will finally manage to break its abstinence from titles which has now been going on for almost twenty years. The change in the technical regulations introduced this year represented a great opportunity, but for the moment the Cavallino team had to bow to the newfound supremacy of Mercedes. Liuzzi’s doubts We spoke exclusively about the red car’s situation with former F1 driver Vitantonio Liuzzi, today often part of the FIA steward panel during the Circus race weekends: “Ferrari fighting for the title? I hope so. But I’m not too optimistic because unfortunately we have been accustomed over the years to the fact that they have a slightly slower development during the season than the others – explained Liuzzi – even if it is still always a team fighting for the first three places in the World Championship. From the outside it is It’s easy to criticize, but improving is never easy because the opponents don’t sleep. Ferrari always proves that they’re up there, unfortunately not enough to fight for the title. But I hope I’m wrong, maybe we’ll also see Ferrari fighting in the second part of the championship.” A question of age So far in Ferrari the best results have been achieved by Charles Leclerc while Lewis Hamilton, despite having finally broken free with the podium achieved in China, still struggles more than his Monegasque teammate: “Hamilton is one of the greatest champions in history, but I think that in the end the age aspect makes the difference. Once you get past a certain age, even if physically you are always at the top, on a mental and reflex level I believe there is a physiological and natural decline that does not allow him to have the performance he would like. He He always fights like a mastiff and puts his soul into it, but Leclerc does it with much more simplicity and this is not a question of pure talent because in any case Hamilton was one of the greatest in history.”

Automobile Magazine – F1 English News , 2026-05-20 16:00:00