Overview

• Speaking to Austrian magazine Vollgas, Surer said Hamilton only dominates with the best car and struggles without it, comments later carried by multiple motorsport outlets.
• Hamilton remains without a full Grand Prix podium in his first Ferrari season, with only a China Sprint win on his 2025 results sheet.
• Reporting highlights Hamilton’s difficulty adapting to Brembo brakes and reduced confidence under late braking compared to his Mercedes years.
• Surer contrasted Hamilton with Fernando Alonso as a driver who extracts performance from compromised cars and pointed to past struggles versus George Russell.
• Coverage also notes Ferrari’s attention to its 2026 project, offering context for incremental SF-25 gains and the intra-team benchmark set by Charles Leclerc.