{"id":266637,"date":"2025-07-16T12:50:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-16T12:50:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/266637\/"},"modified":"2025-07-16T12:50:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-16T12:50:09","slug":"ferrari-have-now-convinced-lewis-hamilton-to-do-something-hes-never-liked-in-formula-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/266637\/","title":{"rendered":"Ferrari have now convinced Lewis Hamilton to do something he’s never liked in Formula 1"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc are hitting the track for Ferrari at Mugello this week. In the break between the British and Belgian Grands Prix, they\u2019re trialling a new rear suspension.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ferrari will unleash the new design at Spa<\/a> as they chase at least one victory in the second half of the season. The Scuderia have only managed four podiums in the first half of the season. <\/p>\n

With the 2026 regulation overhaul looming, development on this year\u2019s cars is coming to an end. Thus, if this upgrade doesn\u2019t deliver, Ferrari\u2019s season may be a complete write-off.<\/p>\n\nPosition<\/td>\nDrivers’ Championship<\/td>\nPointsPts<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n1<\/td>\n <\/td>\n234<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n2<\/td>\n <\/td>\n226<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n3<\/td>\n <\/td>\n165<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n4<\/td>\n <\/td>\n147<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n5<\/td>\n <\/td>\n119<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n6<\/td>\n <\/td>\n103<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Hamilton<\/a> took pole position and won the Sprint race in China, the second round of the season. But a double disqualification in the Grand Prix exposed fundamental weaknesses in their car, weaknesses they finally hope to address with their update.<\/p>\n

Lewis Hamilton never used to like testing in Formula 1<\/p>\n

As reported by Motorsport.com<\/a>, Ferrari are carrying out a 200km test with their 2025 car in Tuscany on Wednesday. This is under the guise of a \u2018filming day\u2019, as permitted within the regulations.<\/p>\n

Ferrari<\/a> are encouraged by the simulation data they\u2019ve seen from the new suspension, but they want to confirm that on the race track. The involvement of both drivers is notable for two reasons.<\/p>\n

One, it confirms the significance of the test. And two, it shows that Hamilton\u2019s stance on testing has softened.<\/p>\n

The seven-time world champion has repeatedly said during his career that he finds test days boring. One can see how they might be monotonous for F1 drivers \u2013 racing, rather than data-gathering, is what excites them.<\/p>\n

While he was still a Mercedes driver, Hamilton even revealed, via RaceFans<\/a>, that he\u2019d once feigned illness to skip a test session. But Ferrari have clearly convinced him that Wednesday\u2019s running at Mugello is an important chance to offer feedback and adapt to the car\u2019s new handling characteristics.<\/p>\n

Ferrari\u2019s new rear suspension will be a \u2018quantum leap\u2019 towards McLaren<\/p>\n

Leclerc put himself forward for a 2026 Pirelli test<\/a> recently, so he may still be more enthusiastic than Hamilton. But it\u2019s hard to question the 40-year-old\u2019s commitment.<\/p>\n

Hamilton used up his entire TPC allocation<\/a> for the year before he\u2019d even made his official Ferrari debut. He still got off to a difficult start, but he might have been even further behind without this preparation.<\/p>\n

The 105-time Grand Prix winner is still some way short of top form, but his level has improved in recent races. Only championship leader Oscar Piastri (11) is on a longer streak of top-six finishes than Hamilton (six).<\/p>\n

Ferrari expect to take a \u2018quantum leap\u2019<\/a> with their Spa upgrade. They could use the same suspension concept for their 2026 car if they are satisfied with the results.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc are hitting the track for Ferrari at Mugello this week. In the break…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":266638,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4103],"tags":[4199,997,707,4200,998,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-266637","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-f1","8":"tag-f1","9":"tag-ferrari","10":"tag-formula-1","11":"tag-formula1","12":"tag-lewis-hamilton","13":"tag-sports","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114863002343487749","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266637","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=266637"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266637\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/266638"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=266637"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=266637"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=266637"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}