Lewis Hamilton is struggling at Ferrari in part because he’s lacking someone who serves as the go-between for driver and team — a role Niki Lauda served at Mercedes.

This is the assessment of Ferrari mechatronics engineer Francesco Cigarini, who pointed out that the seven-time World Champion may need a less “extreme” machine in order to find his footing.

Lewis Hamilton lacking key go-between at Ferrari

The bombshell announcement that Lewis Hamilton would join Scuderia Ferrari for the F1 2025 season brought with it ample excitement for what was slated to be a meeting of Formula 1’s greats — but so far, the union has gotten off to a challenging start.

While teammate Charles Leclerc has amassed five podiums for the Prancing Horse, Hamilton has thus far failed to grace the top three finish

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