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Enjoy your honeymoon, Lewis. Reality will bite very soon<\/p>\n
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Words<\/b><\/span> Damien Smith [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/flatplan-plus-content.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/02\/Lewis-Hamilton-2025-red-background-01_d9798747-8e3c-4b77-a297-f1c18083ce30.jpg” title_text=”Lewis-Hamilton-2025-red-background-01_d9798747-8e3c-4b77-a297-f1c18083ce30″ align=”center” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text module_class=”text-with-dropcap” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n When Ferrari\u2019s new SF-25 Formula 1 car hit the track for the first time at Fiorano in February a clip went viral of a Ferrari fan cutting down a tree because it had been spoiling his view. You don\u2019t get that at Silverstone. As Lewis Hamilton has surely discovered by now, nothing about driving for Ferrari is quite the same \u2013 or, for that matter, as sane \u2013 as life at other F1 teams.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n It\u2019s clear he felt the full power of that old red magic from the moment he rolled out of the famous Shell garage for his first Ferrari run back in January, in a two-year-old F1 car. The fans had gathered en masse for that occasion too, just as they always used to on such days \u2013 just as they always will.<\/p>\n ‘I\u2019ve been lucky enough to have many firsts in my career, from the first test to the first race, podium, win and championship, so I wasn\u2019t sure how many more I would have,’ said Hamilton afterwards. ‘But driving a Ferrari for the first time this morning was one of the best feelings of my life.’<\/p>\n He’s savoured what\u2019s surely the ultimate for any racing driver: the honeymoon period of becoming an F1 driver for the most illustrious car maker in the world. But as that initial buzz wears off, what will be the reality of Hamilton\u2019s stint at Ferrari? What\u2019s he in for, and how will he handle it on the days when the sparkle goes missing?<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text module_class=”car-pullquote” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”|800||on|||||” text_font_size=”22px” text_orientation=”center” custom_margin=”||5px||false|false” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n ‘You can leave Ferrari, it seems, but it never leaves you’<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/flatplan-plus-content.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/02\/Lewis-Hamilton-Charles-Leclerc-2025-red-background-03_7b1605d5-5dd8-48c6-aa68-ec856c960375.jpg” title_text=”Lewis-Hamilton-Charles-Leclerc-2025-red-background-03_7b1605d5-5dd8-48c6-aa68-ec856c960375″ align=”center” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text module_class=”car-img-caption” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”-15px||||false|false” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n Hamilton with Ferrari teammate Charles Leclerc<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n ‘I used to say driving for Ferrari is nearly as good as winning a world championship,’ says Jody Scheckter, the South African who achieved in 1979 what Hamilton would love to pull off in 2025: winning a title for Ferrari at the first time of asking. Jody was 29 when he joined Ferrari back then. Hamilton is attempting the same at 40.<\/p>\n ‘Working for Ferrari is so unbelievable,’ says Joan Villadelprat, a Spaniard who for three years at the end of the 1980s became the F1 team\u2019s first non-Italian chief mechanic. ‘For example, Ferrari has owners\u2019 clubs all round the world. Every single race I went to I had to go to dinners with these clubs, in Montreal, Adelaide, wherever we went. Without a doubt it is different to any other team. I suppose now it works more like an English team, the way of approaching the work at the circuit. But the consequence of working at Ferrari is unique. Nothing can compare.’<\/p>\n Rob Smedley is the British engineer best known as the Teeside-accented voice in Felipe Massa\u2019s ear. His stint at Ferrari lasted 10 years, between 2004 and \u201914, and the bond he formed with Italy and the great team remains strong. You can leave Ferrari, it seems, but it never leaves you. ‘For the critical mass of staff at Ferrari it\u2019s their life-long ambition to work there,’ says Smedley, who today runs the FAT Karting League, an electric-powered initiative to unearth new racing talent and improve diversity in motorsport. ‘That passion and enthusiasm is constantly there, and it\u2019s very different culturally to a British team. In British teams, especially if you are not at the front of the grid, there\u2019s some cynicism which doesn\u2019t always create great teamwork, great synergies. With Ferrari there\u2019s almost this innocence about the culture that they feel there\u2019s always a possibility, whether it\u2019s this year or next year, that they can win. That\u2019s very refreshing, to work with a bunch of people who are so enthusiastic.’<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ module_class=”img-col-v1″ _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”20px||||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”0px||20px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/flatplan-plus-content.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/02\/SF-25-still-02_a346a416-ac94-434c-bcbd-27cb6cb9ab39.jpg” title_text=”SF-25-still-02_a346a416-ac94-434c-bcbd-27cb6cb9ab39″ align=”center” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ use_custom_gutter=”on” gutter_width=”2″ _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”0px||||false|false” custom_padding=”0px||||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/flatplan-plus-content.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/02\/SF-25-still-04_0db47ef9-b5d3-4a61-a495-4a625f6710cb.jpg” title_text=”SF-25-still-04_0db47ef9-b5d3-4a61-a495-4a625f6710cb” align=”center” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/flatplan-plus-content.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/02\/SF-25-still-05_8bed26b0-2969-40a6-b35b-4ced443e2e20.jpg” title_text=”SF-25-still-05_8bed26b0-2969-40a6-b35b-4ced443e2e20″ align=”center” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text module_class=”car-img-caption” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”-15px||||false|false” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n Ferrari’s SF-25 has been causing quite a stir…<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n Hamilton will have so much coming at him in the weeks and months to come \u2013 not least the challenge of dealing with a young, fast team-mate. Scheckter knows all about that. In the early months of his first season Gilles Villeneuve blew him away. The odds of an echo in 2025 via Charles Leclerc, 13 years Hamilton\u2019s junior and considered by many the fastest of the current generation over one lap, might well be short. But might he win first time out for Ferrari, when the F1 season kicks off in Australia on 16 March? Seven Ferrari drivers have managed the feat before him, one of them being Nigel Mansell, who took the most unlikely of victories, 20 years after Scheckter\u2019s title, in Rio in 1989. Villadelprat was Mansell\u2019s chief mechanic that day. He recalls Mansell\u2019s doubts about John Barnard\u2019s stunning but revolutionary Ferrari 640, the first F1 car driven through a semi-automatic gearbox, with steering-wheel paddles for the changes \u2013 sensational then, but common on our road cars today.<\/p>\n ‘It was the best car ever designed by John Barnard,’ reckons Villadelprat. ‘But in testing it was not reliable. Anyway, Mansell arrived. He was an old-fashioned man: “Where\u2019s the gearlever? I don\u2019t want to drive like that.” He drove at Fiorano \u2013 and after 10 or 15 laps he said “This is brilliant!”‘<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text module_class=”car-pullquote” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”|800||on|||||” text_font_size=”22px” text_orientation=”center” custom_margin=”||5px||false|false” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n ‘What Hamilton is less likely to face is the chaos of Ferrari\u2019s infamous internal politics’<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n But in Rio Mansell was so sure his Ferrari debut wouldn\u2019t last long he tried to book an early flight home via a British Airways captain he met on the grid\u2026 Yet less than two hours later, there he was, taking the chequered flag ahead of Alain Prost\u2019s McLaren. Villadelprat drew blood to get that svelte 640 across the line. Mid-race we had a radio call from Mansell: “The steering is gone, the steering wheel is moving!” he says. \u201cOkay, come in, come in.” John Barnard and myself, we decided to change the steering wheel. John took the old wheel, I put the new one on, pushed it with my hand and Mansell went out and won the race. When he left the pitlane I felt wetness in my glove: the radio switch was caught in my skin. I hadn\u2019t even felt it.’<\/p>\n What Hamilton is less likely to face is the chaos of Ferrari\u2019s infamous internal politics. He signed largely because of Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Vasseur, who for the past two years has brought a calm authority back to Ferrari in a manner last seen during the Michael Schumacher era, when Jean Todt and Ross Brawn protected the F1 team from the caustic friction that traditionally undermines life at Maranello. Vasseur is an old friend who ran Hamilton in Formula 3 and GP2, and their iron-clad relationship will be crucial if the seven-time champion is to thrive at Ferrari.<\/p>\n Smedley says politics is a part of life at Ferrari. Hamilton won\u2019t be able to avoid it completely, despite the protection Vasseur will offer. ‘There\u2019s a Latin temperament and when you add all the Ferrari cultural ingredients politics becomes almost inevitable,’ he says. ‘The trick is not to get sucked down into it. If you want to survive you have to understand how things work, how things get done and what you want to get done. You have to operate within that system. I was highly cognisant of it.’<\/p>\n Politics was certainly a factor during Villadelprat\u2019s spell in Italy, which coincided with Enzo Ferrari\u2019s death in August 1988. Enzo used to call him Capitano, Villadelprat says. These were turbulent times, amid a power struggle involving Ferrari\u2019s son, then known as Piero Lardi, and executives from Fiat as the car manufacturer\u2019s control increased over the jewel it had owned a stake in since 1969. ‘For Lewis, the politics is less now because you only have one boss \u2013 Vasseur,’ points out Villadelprat. ‘But now the politics has moved: it will be between the drivers, and Leclerc is very political. He\u2019s well integrated inside Ferrari and it puts him in a very strong position. He speaks Italian perfectly too.’<\/p>\n The language barrier is a moot point. Hamilton has openly admitted he doesn\u2019t speak the lingo, but then again, neither does Vasseur. Neither did Scheckter, for that matter \u2013 and he still doesn\u2019t, even though officially he\u2019s an Italian resident today. ‘Old Man Ferrari loved Gilles, he spoke the language and I didn\u2019t,’ says Scheckter, ‘but I never felt out of it. I had Brenda Vernor’ \u2013 Enzo\u2019s British-born private secretary and a key figure in Ferrari folklore. ‘After every practice and race I\u2019d write my comments to Brenda and she would then give them to Old Man Ferrari. I always felt good being there.’<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/flatplan-plus-content.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/02\/Lewis-Hamilton-Charles-Leclerc-2025-white-background-05_cd57ceaf-79b9-470f-b6f4-07ea98dcb512.jpg” title_text=”Lewis-Hamilton-Charles-Leclerc-2025-white-background-05_cd57ceaf-79b9-470f-b6f4-07ea98dcb512″ align=”center” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text module_class=”car-img-caption” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”-15px||||false|false” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n Hamilton and Leclerc posing with team principal Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Vasseur<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n Smedley, in contrast, reckons the language factor will be essential. He learnt ‘on the job’, picking up a local accent he compares to Danish 1980s football legend Jan Molby speaking English as a Scouser during his spell with Liverpool. ‘My attitude was I had to lean much more towards them regardless of what I was bringing to the table,’ says Smedley. ‘I had to imbed myself into that culture, so for me speaking Italian was essential. And it meant I could do my job well, to engage with everybody within the team. Also it showed them I was as dedicated to their brand as they were, despite coming in as a Brit outsider.’<\/p>\n Villadelprat agrees, up to a point: ‘I hope he learns Italian, but doesn\u2019t read the press!’ Ah, the Italian media: the viper whose bite remains as venomous as it ever was. ‘Talk to your mechanics, get integrated with the team and say something to the public when you do a press release \u2013 but don\u2019t talk to the press,’ advises Joan. ‘Don\u2019t even look at them!’<\/p>\n Scheckter chuckles about his relationship with journalists and takes some pride in his status as a three-time consecutive winner of the \u2018lemon prize\u2019 \u2013 for being the most difficult F1 driver to deal with. ‘At least I went to fetch my prize, so it wasn\u2019t too bad,’ he says with a smile. ‘I always said to everybody in the team, let\u2019s stick together, don\u2019t listen to the stuff that they write. I think guys before me worried more. People like [Carlos] Reutemann. But we stuck together and it didn\u2019t bother me what they said.’<\/p>\n Then again, imagine outspoken Scheckter in F1 today with social media waiting to pour scorn and castigation. It would probably be unfair to say Hamilton faces more pressure than his predecessors, but the nature of modern communication and the toxicity in tone \u2013 direct from the public more than the media \u2013 is harder to insulate against. Then again, Hamilton has been F1\u2019s most famous driver since 2007.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text module_class=”car-pullquote” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”|800||on|||||” text_font_size=”22px” text_orientation=”center” custom_margin=”||5px||false|false” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n ‘They\u2019ll get through this honeymoon period and like any relationship it will have its bumps’<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n ‘For me, I always kept the mania in perspective,’ says Scheckter. ‘When people were jumping at me for an autograph, I knew the next year they\u2019d be stamping on my body going to the next guy. Lewis is so popular now he\u2019s on a different planet.’<\/p>\n So predictions: how will Hamilton fare at Ferrari? ‘George Russell outperformed him at Mercedes last year,’ says Scheckter. ‘You can\u2019t stay good for the rest of your life. Lewis has been fantastic, probably the best of all time. Schumacher had the same result [in terms of world championships], but he tended to be dirty in his racing. Lewis has always raced clean. But at 40? People are different. I got bored and retired early, then changed careers. Lewis still seems to be enthusiastic and is in a good place personally, although that isn\u2019t always good for performance.’<\/p>\n Villadelprat is more emphatic. ‘If the car is good Hamilton will beat Leclerc and win the championship,’ he states. ‘If the car is not so good Leclerc will beat Hamilton. Simple. Hamilton has got too many things in life to think about, has a lot of money, has seven championships, so he\u2019s not going to risk his life to gain one more position. I saw it in all the F1 champions I knew: when the car is good you see the real driver.’<\/p>\n Smedley goes further, and is convinced what he describes as a ‘match made in heaven’ is already firing on all cylinders. ‘They\u2019ll get through this honeymoon period and like any relationship it will have its bumps,’ says Smedley. ‘But if you trust each other enough you get through it. What Lewis brings is that extra one or two per cent of motivation they need to start winning world championships.<\/p>\n ‘If you look at the last few years Ferrari have been no slouches, and since Fred has walked in the door he has done a great job of getting them organised, of calming the whole thing down, of being that protector. Now you see Ferrari are in a good state. 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<\/span>Photography<\/b><\/span> Ferrari<\/span><\/p>\n
‘It makes you pull out another level,’ Jody recalls. He felt the balance of power shift when Villeneuve won races three and four of the 1979 season. ‘I was the number one driver in contract. In reality he was becoming number one. So I just had to knuckle down and do better, which I did in the end. It took everything, and everything more.’
Scheckter won back-to-back at Zolder and Monaco to take the points lead, scored consistently through the summer and clinched the title with two rounds to spare, leading Villeneuve to a Ferrari 1-2 at Monza. Hamilton can only dream.<\/p>\n