Lewis Hamilton hits out amid ‘nonsense’ report Ferrari boss is set to be sacked
With tensions bubbling under the surface at Ferrari, star driver Lewis Hamilton has spoken out after a bombshell sacking report emerged.
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Ferrari driver Lewis Hamilton has leapt to the defence of team principal Fred Vasseur following reports he could be sacked before the end of the Formula 1 season.
Both Hamilton and his Ferrari teammate Charles Leclerc have had a season to forget to date, with neither driver bagging a race win in 2025.
Leclerc has scored a podium only three times in nine races, while Hamilton is yet to podium at all, with his best finish being a fourth.
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Ferrari sit almost 200 points behind McLaren in the constructors’ standings and they haven’t won a race since Mexico last season, leading to speculation Vasseur could be axed, with Red Bull team principal Christian Horner linked as a possible replacement.
Vasseur arrived in 2023 after replacing Mattia Binotto and had been credited as being a calming influence.
But with Ferrari expected to challenge for the constructors’ championship in 2025, the knives are well and truly out in what has been an underwhelming season to date, with rumours circulating that Vasseur could be gone in a matter of weeks.
But Hamilton moved to play down the rumours, throwing his support behind Vasseur and labelled rumours of his potential sacking “nonsense”
“It’s definitely not nice to hear that there are stories like that, that are out there,” Hamilton said ahead of the Canadian GP this weekend.
“Firstly, I love working with Fred. Fred is the main reason I’m in this team and got the opportunity to be here, for which I’m forever grateful for.
“And we’re in this together. We’re working hard in the background. Things aren’t perfect. I’m here to work with the team, but also with Fred. I want Fred here. I do believe Fred is the person to take us to the top.
“And so that’s that. So it’s all, it’s ultimately, it’s nonsense what people have written. Most people don’t know what’s going on in the background. And, and it isn’t all easy.”
When pressed on Vasseur’s potential exit, he added: “I don’t think that’s on the cards, as far as I’m aware. That’s certainly not something that I would be supportive of.
“I’m here to win with Fred. He has my full support.”
Hamilton also opened up about his emotional response to his underwhelming result in Spain, which he labelled the “worst race” of his storeyed career.
“I said on the radio that was the worst feeling car that I’d ever had and it truly was,” Hamilton said.
“At the end of the race I was like, ‘Geez, I’ve never experienced something this bad for such a prolonged time through a race.’”
It wasn’t until hours later when Hamilton found out through team engineers that there was an issue impacting the Ferraris.
“There was a bit of a relief to hear that,” Hamilton said.
Hamilton and Ferrari will look to get their season back on track this weekend at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve.
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