Overview
- Hamilton denied the claims on Thursday in an Instagram story, saying he has “never asked for anyone on my team to be replaced” and praising his crew’s dedication.
- An article in Corriere della Sera reported that Hamilton had pressed team principal Frederic Vasseur to overhaul parts of Ferrari’s trackside operation and pushed for written rules with team-mate Charles Leclerc.
- Ferrari has already made several technical and staffing moves this year, including moving race engineer Riccardo Adami to a Driver Academy and adding Luca Diella, Cedric Grosjean and external chassis specialists under technical chief Loïc Serra.
- The story is set against a slump for the team that includes no grand prix podium since Spa, operational errors at Monza and Hamilton’s retirement in Madrid that left him more than 100 points behind the championship leader.
- Ferrari and Vasseur have publicly dismissed suggestions of internal turmoil, and the immediate outcome to monitor is whether the team makes further operational changes or sticks to its current technical reshuffle.