A Ferrari insider has explained the 'very worrying' message Lewis Hamilton sent ahead of the Austrian Grand Prix.
Prior to the 2025 Formula 1 season, all eyes were fixated on Hamilton after he completed a high-profile move from Mercedes to Ferrari.
The seven-time world champion joined forces with Charles Leclerc as the pair looked to challenge right at the front of the grid.
However, the Ferrari SF-25 has disappointed so far this season, with Leclerc currently fifth in the standings on 104 points, 25 ahead of Hamilton, who is sixth.
After a disappointing Canadian Grand Prix where his car was damaged by an animal, Hamilton will hope to have a better outing in Austria this weekend.
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On the back of the race in Montreal, Hamilton, 40, said: "We’re not where we need to be, but we’re fully focused on the steps we need to take to compete at the front."
The Brit also stated: "The mindset for me, I’m like ‘there’s a lot of changes that need to be made in the system.’ I wish I could tell you what's happening. There's a lot going on in the background.
"Yeah, I can't say too much about it. There’s so many things I wish I could tell you that could explain the things that have happened this year, the problems we had and what’s going on within the organisation."
Ahead of the race in Spielberg, ex-Ferrari race engineer and executive coordinator Luigi Mazzola has spoken about the Scuderia's current woes and explained Hamilton's recent comments.
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As reported by F1 Oversteer, Mazzola said to Sky Race Anatomy on Italian television: "Hamilton’s interview [after the Canadian Grand Prix] is sensational, you have to read it well. It talks about organisation, about mentality.
"[Hamilton] has found himself in a team that needs to be rebuilt, as his father also said some time ago. Then he talks about these developments not coming, when we are in the tenth race now.
"All this leaves me very perplexed, because from a team like Ferrari, you expect all the infrastructure to win, not that Hamilton arrives and says everything is missing."
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He continued: "Within the company, there should already be this mentality, and if it’s not there, it’s a worrying thing, very worrying. Obviously, around him [Hamilton], there is something that doesn’t add up."
After this weekend's Austrian Grand Prix, F1 will return next week with the British Grand Prix, a race Hamilton won last season.
Topics: Ferrari, Formula 1, Lewis Hamilton
Marcus Chan