Ferrari “not worried at all” over Hamilton’s not fast anymore remarks

Ferrari boss Fred Vasseur has stated he has zero considerations about Lewis Hamilton’s velocity, regardless of the tough finish to the System 1 season he’s having with Mercedes.

Hamilton has struggled to extract as a lot tempo out of the W15 automobile constantly this 12 months as his team-mate George Russell.

The seven-time champion additionally had a torrid time on the Qatar Grand Prix as he got here house twelfth after a bounce begin, a puncture and a drive-through penalty for rushing within the pitlane.

Hamilton accepts that issues usually are not working, for causes that he can not clarify, as he admitted that the efficiency is solely not there in the intervening time.

On Friday in Qatar, he raised eyebrows when he stated: “I’m definitely not fast anymore.”

However whereas issues usually are not clicking with Mercedes proper now, his future employer Ferrari doesn’t see something to be alarmed about.

And its workforce boss Vasseur, who has recognized Hamilton for years, believes performances like his cost from tenth on the grid to complete second in Las Vegas spotlight simply how good he stays.

Requested if he was nervous about Hamilton’s remarks, Vasseur stated: “Under no circumstances. Take a look on the 50 laps that he did in Vegas.

“Beginning P10, ending on the gearbox of Russell, I am not nervous in any respect.”

Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes F1 W15

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Mercedes send-off

Hamilton is heading into his closing race weekend with Mercedes in Abu Dhabi, which is certain to be an emotional send-off.

And whereas outcomes could also be arduous to get in the intervening time, workforce boss Toto Wolff says that the present challenges won’t cloud the reminiscences of the success their title-winning partnership produced since they got here collectively in 2013.

Talking about coping with the circumstances of this season, understanding Hamilton was leaving, Wolff stated: “To be sincere, I feel we have all of us collectively, Lewis and the workforce, we have finished a great job of that.

“When he took the choice at the start of the season to go, we knew it was going to be a bumpy 12 months forward, and it’s extremely regular.

“He is aware of he’s going to go some other place. We all know our future lies with Kimi [Antonelli] after which to undergo the ups and downs, and nonetheless maintain it collectively between us, I feel that’s one thing now we have achieved.

“Now you see these very dangerous races. Clearly, he wears his coronary heart on the sleeve. You specific your feelings and that is completely allowed. It is okay.

“However nothing goes to remove 12 unimaginable years with eight constructors’ and 6 drivers’ championships. And that’s what will probably be within the reminiscence.

“After subsequent Sunday, we’ll look again at this nice time period slightly than a season of races that have been notably dangerous. We’ll stick with the nice reminiscences.”