Overview
- Maurizio Arrivabene told Sky Italia that the detailed documents Lewis Hamilton sent Ferrari were “almost useless” and warned that when a driver starts playing engineer “it’s really over.”
- The former team chief compared Hamilton’s approach to Sebastian Vettel’s past dossiers, asserting simulator impressions are limited and that engineers must lead the solutions.
- Arrivabene suggested Hamilton’s relationship with Ferrari could be over, framing it as his view rather than an official team position.
- Ferrari head of track engineering Matteo Togninalli countered in recent comments that the working relationship is not as strained as it appears publicly.
- Hamilton has said he compiled multiple documents and held meetings across departments to push improvements after a winless 2025 in which Ferrari fell to fourth and he failed to score a podium for the first time in his F1 career.