As Crash.net reports, Lewis Hamilton has firmly backed Fred Vasseur to continue leading Ferrari just as former Red Bull team principal Christian Horner openly declared that managing the famous Maranello outfit is his ultimate dream.
Horner is actively plotting an F1 comeback following his Red Bull sacking last year, admitting that the famous Italian team is the only job that would tempt him back onto the pit wall without an ownership stake. That public declaration has only intensified the heavy speculation linking him with the position.
When asked by Sky Sports F1 after the Azerbaijan Grand Prix whether he remains confident in the team's path with Vasseur at the helm, Hamilton offered a straightforward and telling one-word reply: “Yes.” Pressed further on whether there is good unity inside the garage, the British driver nodded and simply said “yep”. Asked what the team can do over the remaining races, he looked from side to side before answering: “keep trying.”
That cautious outlook follows another difficult afternoon for the team in Baku, where Charles Leclerc slipped from second to fourth place and Hamilton finished right where he started in sixth. It was a brutal outing for the seven-time world champion, who candidly admitted that it was a pretty bad race from his perspective and that he simply did not go anywhere.
The struggles came down to a fundamental lack of pace and a baffling tire dilemma that persisted all weekend. Hamilton explained that he could not keep up with the drivers ahead while struggling to hold off the cars behind, fighting endlessly to get the rubber to work through weaving before a brief, late spark at the end of the first stint that vanished entirely for the final phase of the race, leaving him sliding around.
The tough result leaves Hamilton sitting third in the championship standings, currently 103 points behind Mercedes driver Andrea Kimi Antonelli and 37 points adrift of George Russell, who claimed victory in Saturday’s race.
