Hamilton not comfortable at Ferrari: the reasons behind Lewis’s difficult 2025 revealed
There appear to be clear reasons behind the difficulties experienced by Lewis Hamilton in 2025, his first year as a Ferrari driver. The fact that his failure to reach Q3 in the final race of the season is no longer considered surprising says a lot about how complicated this debut year in red has been. Many struggles and a feeling that the relationship never truly flourished, at least when it comes to on-track performance.
Because while the seven-time world champion continues to say he is happy with the decision he made and with the atmosphere he has found in Maranello, the track has repeatedly exposed every issue he has encountered throughout this 2025 campaign, which is now approaching its conclusion.
The reasons behind a nightmare season explained
On this matter, some have tried to explain the problems that affected Lewis Hamilton in his first “Italian” year. “Lewis knew he would need to connect with new people and that there could be difficulties. His race engineer, Bono, was never going to leave England to follow him to Italy,” explained Sky Sports analyst Bernie Collins.
“And when you have to spend practically every week with new people, you need to feel comfortable doing that. Only then can you extract the maximum from the team and from the car. For now, it seems to me that this harmony is missing — they are not aligned in the same direction,” Bernie Collins added.
With the radical 2026 regulations now just weeks away, both Lewis Hamilton and Ferrari will hope the chemistry finally clicks over the winter – because time is rapidly running out for the most high-profile driver move in modern F1 history to deliver the success everyone is waiting for.
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