Overview
- Speaking in Milan, chairman John Elkann praised Ferrari’s mechanics and engineers, said “the rest” was not up to par, and told Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc to “focus on driving and talk less.”
- Hamilton posted that he backs the team and will not give up, while Leclerc urged that only unity can turn the situation around in the final three rounds.
- Team principal Frédéric Vasseur called the Interlagos outcome “a disgrace” for the championship and said of Hamilton’s race that “two crashes are too much.”
- The Brazilian Grand Prix double retirement left Ferrari winless this season and down to fourth in the constructors’ standings heading into Las Vegas.
- Italian media scrutiny intensified, with Corriere della Sera’s Giorgio Terruzzi assigning Hamilton significant responsibility, and no personnel changes have been announced.