Charles Leclerc the favourite? George Russell weighs in on Lewis Hamilton’s difficult start at Ferrari. George Russell comments on Lewis Hamilton's difficulties adapting to Ferrari .

George Russell spoke about the difficulties Lewis Hamilton is having in adapting to Ferrari and in competing with Charles Leclerc.

Now ten races into the season, the progress made has been minimal. Lewis Hamilton continues to struggle to adapt to Ferrari and to match the pace of Charles Leclerc. The Monegasque, especially in recent weeks, seems to be at ease with the SF-25 to the point that in Canada, if not for the mistake in Q3, he would likely have taken pure pole position despite missing the entire Friday.

In contrast, the seven-time world champion seems unable to find the right balance. True, in Montreal the incident with the groundhog forced him to drive with a significantly damaged car. But at the same time, the rest of the weekend highlighted a complete lack of feeling with the latest car out of Maranello.

It is a situation that is increasingly becoming a concern within the Ferrari garage, as Hamilton has never recorded such a poor run of results. It is a trend that both the Briton and the Scuderia hope to reverse already at the Red Bull Ring, while waiting for the new suspension expected to debut in the coming weeks.
Russell tries to explain the reasons behind Lewis’s struggles

But why is Lewis Hamilton having such a hard time adapting to his new team? George Russell tried to answer, offering a different perspective. “You should probably ask him. Certainly Charles is a great driver and Ferrari is his team. By now, he’s an icon for the Scuderia and a sort of golden boy for them. He’s always been that. So it surely can’t be easy to arrive at a team with a different culture from what you were used to. And on top of that, F1 is incredibly competitive now,” said the Mercedes driver to the media present in Spielberg.