- Hamilton has had a less than ideal start to life at Ferrari after leaving Mercedes
- The 40-year-old bounced back from a poor opener to win sprint race in China
- But Hamilton and his team-mate Leclerc were disqualified from the Grand Prix
Lewis Hamilton labelled claims he has started to lose faith in his new Ferrari team after just two races of the 2025 season as ‘complete rubbish’.
The seven-time world champion’s start to life with the Scuderia has been something of a nightmare since his highly anticipated switch from Mercedes in the summer.
Hamilton is sat ninth with just nine points to his name in the driver standings ahead of this weekend’s Japanese Grand Prix after finishing a disappointing 10th in the season opener in Australia.
The Brit bounced back to win the sprint race in Shanghai a week later, but both he and team-mate Charles Leclerc were disqualified from the main race for excessive plank wear on their cars.
Sky Sports F1 expert and former Aston Martin strategist Bernie Collins said the disqualification ‘adds to the lack of trust’ between Hamilton and his new team.
It is those comments which appear to have irked Hamilton.
Lewis Hamilton has hit back at claims that he has already lost trust in his new Ferrari team
The seven-time world champion and his team-mate Charles Leclerc were disqualified at the Chinese Grand Prix for different technical infractions
Ferrari boss Fred Vasseur is already feeling the pressure after the Italian manufacturers poor start to the campaign
‘I saw someone said something about whether I’m losing faith with the team which is complete rubbish,’ said the 40-year-old.
‘I have absolute, 100 per cent faith in this team. There was obviously a huge amount of hype at the beginning of the year and I don’t know whether everyone was expecting us to be winning from race one and winning a championship in the first year.
‘I’m coming to a new culture, a new team and it’s going to take time.
‘I didn’t feel any frustration afterwards – it is what it is. Of course, we’ve gone through everything in the factory and (there’s been) lots of learnings. We take the highs and lows together as a team.’
