Fred Vasseur has refuted Toto Wolff’s theory that Lewis Hamilton’s driving style may not be suited to F1’s ground-effect aerodynamic cars.

A prolific winner with 103 grand prix victories and seven World titles in his first 15 years on the grid, Hamilton’s form dipped in 2022 when F1 adopted ground-effect aerodynamic cars.

Lewis Hamilton’s dip linked to ‘driving style’ with ground-effect cars?

While part of the problem was Mercedes’ F1 cars, the team struggling with porpoising in the early days, Hamilton’s results have not improved since he moved to Ferrari at the beginning of this season.

Yet to win a grand prix in red, the 40-year-old’s head dropped in the run-in to the summer break as he proclaimed Ferrari “probably need to change driver” as he is “useless, absolutely useless”.

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