Hamilton takes urgent action to reverse Alonso-like fate at Ferrari

Updated: 15:28, 25 Jul 2025

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Lewis Hamilton is adamant to become world champion with Ferrari, thus dodging a fate fellow former champions before him could not escape at the Scuderia.

In conversation with media including GPblog, Hamilton revealed the meetings he'd held with Ferrari's top brass and the documents he'd sent to them as well, assessing the Scuderia's areas of opportunity.

Why? For the seven-time world champion it is clear. “The reason for it is that I see a huge amount of potential within this team," he said. "It is a huge organisation and there’s a lot of moving parts, and not all of them firing on all the cylinders they need to be."

“That’s ultimately why the team’s not had the success that I think it deserves," he explained. Hamilton has now taken it upon himself to question the powers that be at Ferrari.

"I feel that it’s my job to challenge absolutely every area, to challenge everybody in the team, particularly the guys at the top who are making the decisions."

'Hamilton does not want to become Ferrari's new Alonso'

That Ferrari has not won a drivers' or a constructors' championship in nearly two decades is not for a lack of drivers, Hamilton believes.

“If you look at the team over the last 20 years, they’ve had amazing drivers. They had Kimi [Raikkonen], they had Fernando [Alonso], they had Sebastian [Vettel], all World Champions."

"However, they didn’t win a World Champion[ship], and for me, I refuse for that to be the case, so I’m going the extra mile," added the 7-time world champion.

Hamilton sees new golden Ferrari era within reach, but the clock is ticking

The top Ferrari brass have been open to the feedback the world champion has issued in a bid to get the team fired up and strive for better, which he believes is achievable, but the Scuderia needs to get on it, as the Brit's time in F1 is running out.

“There’s lots of work and improvements to be made, but [they’ve been] very responsive and I guess ultimately trying to create allies within the organisation and get them geed up, get them pushing."

“I’m here to win, and I don’t have as much time as this one here [Andrea Kimi Antonelli] so it’s crunch time.

"For me I truly believe in the potential of this team. I really believe that they can win multiple World Championships. They already have an amazing legacy, but during my time that’s my sole goal."

Pos.	Driver	Team	Points
1	Kimi Antonelli Kimi Antonelli	MercedesMER	156
2	Lewis Hamilton Lewis Hamilton	FerrariFER	90
3	George Russell George Russell	MercedesMER	88
4	Charles Leclerc Charles Leclerc	FerrariFER	75
5	Oscar Piastri Oscar Piastri	McLarenMCL	60
6	Lando Norris Lando Norris	McLarenMCL	58
7	Max Verstappen Max Verstappen	Red Bull RacingRBR	43
8	Isack Hadjar Isack Hadjar	Red Bull RacingRBR	29
9	Liam Lawson Liam Lawson	Racing BullsRCB	26
10	Pierre Gasly Pierre Gasly	AlpineALP	26
11	Oliver Bearman Oliver Bearman	HaasHAA	18
12	Franco Colapinto Franco Colapinto	AlpineALP	15
13	Arvid Lindblad Arvid Lindblad	Racing BullsRCB	13
14	Carlos Sainz Carlos Sainz	WilliamsWIL	6
15	Alexander Albon Alexander Albon	WilliamsWIL	5
16	Esteban Ocon Esteban Ocon	HaasHAA	3
17	Gabriel Bortoleto Gabriel Bortoleto	AudiAUD	2
18	Fernando Alonso Fernando Alonso	Aston MartinAST	1
19	Nico Hulkenberg Nico Hulkenberg	AudiAUD	0
20	Valtteri Bottas Valtteri Bottas	CadillacCAD	0
21	Sergio Perez Sergio Perez	CadillacCAD	0
22	Lance Stroll Lance Stroll	Aston MartinAST	0

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