Overview
- On Thursday Lewis Hamilton posted on Instagram that he has “never asked for anyone on my team to be replaced,” directly rebutting an Italian report that he pressed for staff changes.
- The allegation originated in Corriere della Sera, which said Hamilton sought replacements among Ferrari’s trackside personnel and that his relationship with team principal Fred Vasseur had cooled.
- Vasseur told media he has held constructive talks with Hamilton and Charles Leclerc and that the drivers have “sorted things out,” while former driver Ralf Schumacher said he saw Vasseur as visibly annoyed with both drivers.
- Hamilton’s retirement with a brake failure at the Spanish Grand Prix in Madrid left him about 101 points behind championship leader Andrea Kimi Antonelli and has weakened the immediate case for dramatic team restructuring.
- Ferrari has already made engineering and race-crew changes earlier in 2026, so the dispute now centers on fixing week-to-week strategy, operational errors and driver relations rather than on fresh personnel upheaval.