“Overprotected” Lewis Hamilton not used to “being exposed” at Ferrari

Jacques Villeneuve think🌠s Lewis Hamilton was “over protected” at Mercedes - something that is costing♍ him at Ferrari.

Lewis Hamilton
Lewis Hamilton

F1 legend Jacques Villeneuve thinks 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lewis Hamilton was “over protected” during his time at Me♏rcedes which means he “doesn’t know how to react” to Ferrari’s difficult start to the 2025 season.

Hamilton won six of his seven t🧔itles with Mercedes across a nine-yea🅘r period.

The seven-time world champion’s final three seasons with the team proved to be unsuccessful as 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Mercedes struggled to g🦋et to grips with the ground effect rule꧑s.

Seeking a new challenge in the final stage of his F♔1 career, Hamilton made the shock decision to join Ferrari.

On the back of Ferrari’s best season💃 in over a decade, finishing just 14 points behind McLaren at the top of the constructors’ standings much was expe♈cted of Hamilton in 2025.

The partnership hasn’t lived up to expectations just yet, with a sprint 🐠race victory in China the highlight so far.

Hamilton has struggled to adapt to the handling of the SF-25, languishing well behind 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Charles Leclerc in numerous races.

, Villeneuve claimed that Hamilton doesn’t know how to “react” to Ferrari’s slump after being “overly protected” at Mercedes.

“Lewis𓃲 still brings a lot of image to the team, so I don’t see any issues just yet. It’s how much he starts doubting that⛦’s the problem. If he starts doubting too much, then it will be hard to recover.

“I don’t know Lewis well enough. It’s really hard to know and understand Le𝓡wis. He has his own protective bubble, so it’s really hard to read. He spent all those years at Mercedes, overly protected.

“A♍nd that seemed at the time to have been a necessity. Now he is not used to being exposed,🎃 and he doesn’t know how to react to it particularly well. I guess he wasn’t expecting what had happened at all.”

A defining part of the season for Ferrari

The upcomiཧng triple-header is the defining part of Ferrari's season.

Teams typically introduce upgrades and🌳 new develꦓopments for the European rounds.

Ferrari wi𝄹ll do the same as they look to cure their rear-end suspe♐nsion woes.

The Spanish Grand Prix at the end of th🎶e month will also be an intriguing weekend as the FIA’s stricter flexi-wing tests ♌come into play.

Red Bull expect thaꩵt the more stringent testing will impact McLaren’🐻s competitiveness.

If Ferrari are stilꦿl out of race-winning contention by the end of May, their attention will likely turn to next year and the new regulations.  

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