Hamilton: ‘Ferrari is a religion, it has everything it needs to win’

Turin, 3 March (LaPresse) – “The tests revealed little, everyone hid with their fuel loads. I called Toto Wolff at Mercedes and Zak Brown at McLaren to try to understand what they had figured out, but I got no results. However, I am certain of one thing: after what we went through last year, we can handle any situation. This team has everything it takes to win, we have to get the job done together with the fans. Easier said than done, but I came to Ferrari because I believed in it and I still believe in it.‘ So said Ferrari driver Lewis Hamilton in an interview with Corriere della Sera ahead of the start of the Formula 1 season, which kicks off this weekend in Australia. ’How do I think I’m ahead of Leclerc? I don’t see it that way. Ferrari is one thing: in Italy and abroad, people follow it like a religion and love it like the Pope. My goal is not to divide the fans. We both want to win, and obviously I want to be the one to do it, and I’m working towards that. But the team comes first. Charles is a phenomenal driver in terms of how he drives and his work ethic, and he’s been here for eight years. But I’m coming into this championship in a different way,‘ he pointed out, emphasising that ’I’ve been working on the 2026 car for 14 months, on the simulator and with the engineers. Compared to the previous one, which I found already designed and could change very little, this car has a bit of my DNA in it, and that excites me.”