In 2025, Lewis Hamilton will drive for Ferrari, and there will be a significant adjustment curve to get used to.
Lewis Hamilton has been advised by former Ferrari engineer Rob Smedley not to bring many members of his Mercedes entourage to Maranello for the upcoming season. When he switches this winter, the seven-time world champion will be without a number of important allies.
Longtime race engineer Peter “Bono” Bonnington will not be moving from Mercedes to Ferrari, despite interest from Hamilton’s side. Even though notable players like Loic Serra and Jerome d’Ambrosio will be there, the Silver Arrows have not experienced the mass exodus that many had anticipated.
Smedley clarified, saying in an interview with the Formula For Success podcast, “When a seven-time world champion selects your team to come and work at your team. I don’t believe he needs to travel in an entourage.
And I constantly discussed this in public, speaking for both Lewis and individuals like Bono [Peter Bonnington]. I believe that following the driver around is a pretty risky game to play because, should the driver decide after a year that this is not the right for him, the entourage cannot go with him.
Therefore, I believe Lewis made the right decision. Obviously, Team LH, his management, trainers, and other individuals would be encircling him. However, I believe it would have been a mistake to try to take engineers.
Therefore, I believe the team will accept him. The team will avoid you if you go there with a reputation for being able to deliver, like Lewis does.
Hamilton can rely on a solid rapport with team principal Fred Vasseur, even though he won’t see many familiar faces in the garage at Maranello. The two collaborated at ART Grand Prix during the British player’s outstanding junior career, and they will now be back together on the biggest platform.
Hamilton is also willing to take on the task. In February, he stated, “I think that every driver who grew up watching history, watching Michael Schumacher in his prime, probably all of us sit in our garage and see the screen pop up and you see the driver in the red cockpit and you wonder what it would be like to be surrounded by it.”
“You can only be in awe of the sea of red that represents Ferrari fans when you attend the Italian Grand Prix. I saw it as a huge challenge because this is a team that hasn’t had much success since 2007 and not since Michael’s time. It is undoubtedly a dream come true, and I am ecstatic about it because I used to play as Michael in that car when I was younger.”
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