JPower wrote: ↑21 Apr 2025, 21:38
ringo wrote: ↑21 Apr 2025, 21:02
Hamilton is already proven better for Ferrari. He's a better team player.
Sainz was already holding up Albon who was faster in Jedha. He's always going to be for himself. If he stayed he would have been a stumbling block for the team.
I think we should let the season play out before any judgement. It's just too early to be throwing in the towel.
Hamilton will find the pace. He's just a difficult learner. Let's just wait. We may well be finding quotes of today in 5 month's time when there was doubt. There's a reason he didn't do well in school.
Completely false. Sainz was asked to back into range for Albon to create a DRS train to cover Hadjar. Sainz last lap was quicker than everyone else on hards outside of PIA/VER/ANT. He had tons of pace left.
You're the one that suggested Ferrari throw in the towel and pivot to working on 2026.
As for the potshot at Hamilton being a slow learner, that's weak and uncalled for. Not even funny as a joke.
I was joking about his learning ability. He did say he wasnt great in prep school. But to be serious he does have slow starta to his seasons.
In 2016 he didnt lose to Rosberg because of the engine Failure in Malaysia. The true reason he lost was because he did not get on top of the new clutch release regulations for 2016.
It was all new technical directive on clutch bitepoint and release by the driver.
He lose a good number of race starts to rosberg and Mercedes agreement at the time was that the leading driver gets the optimal strategy.
He admited as much and said he's going to work on his starts. He took the time off to improve and he did. He didnt help himself by not putting in the focus on that from the start of the season. Maybe he leaned on talent too much or underestimated the little things.
But Rosberg focused on every little thing gain an advantage.
Ferrari can focus on 2026 more. Realistically the constructors is very unlikely. McLaren is very strong and they have 2 good drivers.
As for learning, i think Lewis is in an information overload, typical of anyone in their 30s.
None of us at his age can go back to college and be sharper and quicker at adapting like a young 20 year college student. So the learning challenge is relative to the younger drivers and it's a real thing.
Anyhow it looks like his management reads this thread because he has chosen to put of other plans and go to work early this week.
