Ferrari boss Fred Vasseur has stated he has zero issues about Lewis Hamilton’s pace, regardless of the troublesome finish to the Components 1 season he’s having with Mercedes.
Hamilton has struggled to extract as a lot tempo out of the W15 automobile persistently this yr as his team-mate George Russell.
The seven-time champion additionally had a torrid time on the Qatar Grand Prix as he got here dwelling twelfth after a leap begin, a puncture and a drive-through penalty for rushing within the pitlane.
Hamilton accepts that issues should not working, for causes that he can not clarify, as he admitted that the efficiency is just not there in the meanwhile.
On Friday in Qatar, he raised eyebrows when he stated: “I am undoubtedly not quick anymore.”
However whereas issues should not clicking with Mercedes proper now, his future employer Ferrari doesn’t see something to be alarmed about.
And its workforce boss Vasseur, who has identified Hamilton for years, believes performances like his cost from tenth on the grid to complete second in Las Vegas spotlight simply how good he stays.
Requested if he was apprehensive about Hamilton’s remarks, Vasseur stated: “By no means. Take a look on the 50 laps that he did in Vegas.
“Beginning P10, ending on the gearbox of Russell, I am not apprehensive in any respect.”
Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes F1 W15
Photograph by: Sam Bloxham / Motorsport Photos
Mercedes send-off
Hamilton is heading into his closing race weekend with Mercedes in Abu Dhabi, which is certain to be an emotional send-off.
And whereas outcomes could also be laborious to get in the meanwhile, workforce boss Toto Wolff says that the present challenges is not going to cloud the reminiscences of the success their title-winning partnership produced since they got here collectively in 2013.
Talking about coping with the circumstances of this season, understanding Hamilton was leaving, Wolff stated: “To be trustworthy, I feel we have all of us collectively, Lewis and the workforce, we have finished a superb job of that.
“When he took the choice originally of the season to go, we knew it was going to be a bumpy yr forward, and it’s extremely regular.
“He is aware of he’s going to go some place else. We all know our future lies with Kimi [Antonelli] after which to undergo the ups and downs, and nonetheless preserve it collectively between us, I feel that’s one thing we’ve achieved.
“Now you see these very unhealthy races. Clearly, he wears his coronary heart on the sleeve. You specific your feelings and that is completely allowed. It is okay.
“However nothing goes to remove 12 unbelievable years with eight constructors’ and 6 drivers’ championships. And that’s what will likely be within the reminiscence.
“After subsequent Sunday, we will look again at this nice time period somewhat than a season of races that have been significantly unhealthy. We’ll stick with the great reminiscences.”
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