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Hamilton urges Ferrari staff to ignore negative media coverage

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GPBeat reports that Lewis Hamilton urged Ferrari staff to ignore negative coverage, saying it affects colleagues and that employees’ families message them about what they read.

From the GPBeat newsroomPublished · · 1 min

Lewis Hamilton has urged Ferrari staff to ignore negative media coverage, saying it affects people at the factory and that employees’ families have been messaging them about what they read.

Hamilton said he does not read all the coverage and that it has no effect on him. He also argued that people writing about Ferrari do not know what happens inside the team. He said he hoped that, with everyone’s hard work, Ferrari might get to where it wanted to be in 2027.

Speculation about team principal Fred Vasseur’s future provides the backdrop to Hamilton’s message. Christian Horner recently described the Ferrari team-principal role as his “dream job”. At a media briefing between the Azerbaijan and Bahrain Grands Prix, Ferrari chairman John Elkann and CEO Benedetto Vigna reaffirmed their confidence in Vasseur; senior leadership also denied that his autonomy was restricted.

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