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Ferrari Boss Rebukes Drivers After Brazil Double DNF as Hamilton Pledges Support

The public criticism heightened pressure at a winless team now fourth in the standings, prompting calls for unity before the final races.

Overview

  • Executive chairman John Elkann said his drivers should focus on driving and talk less, while praising mechanics and engineers and insisting second in the constructors' race remains possible.
  • Lewis Hamilton responded on social media with a defiant message backing the team and himself, saying he will not give up.
  • Charles Leclerc urged unity, calling it the only way to turn the situation around over the final three grands prix.
  • Team principal Fred Vasseur decried the São Paulo outcome as a disgrace and noted Hamilton’s two collisions after early damage left him at the back.
  • Both Ferraris retired in Brazil as the winless season continued, dropping the team to fourth, with Italian media widely reading Elkann’s remarks as directed chiefly at Hamilton.