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Rob Smedley on Lewis Hamilton's race engineer swap and the habit that "pains" him
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Rob Smedley identifies two clear main reasons Lewis Hamilton hasn’t felt at home at Ferrari
Lewis Hamilton’s move to Ferrari was one of the most talked-about transfers in modern Formula 1 history. However, after arriving in Maranello amid huge expectations, the seven-time world champion has yet to consistently display the dominance that defined his Mercedes era. Former Ferrari race engineer Rob Smedley believes there are two fundamental reasons why Lewis Hamilton has not looked fully comfortable in red. The 2025 Formula 1 season proved…
The role of race engineers in F1 is crucial, and this has been a weakness of Ferrari for several years. After difficult years with Xavi Marcos, Charles Leclerc works with Bryan Bozzi, but communication is sometimes still delicate, while Lewis Hamilton has had a complicated first year with Riccardo Adami. The latter will no longer be in office in 2026, and the seven-time world champion will have an engineer temporarily. Rob Smedley, a former engi…
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