‘Concerned’ Gary Anderson warns Lewis Hamilton he’s just done something ‘detrimental’ at Ferrari

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Lewis Hamilton is more than halfway through his first F1 season for Ferrari, but the seven-time champion is not happy with everything he has seen in Maranello so far.

The Scuderia finally welcomed the 40-year-old to Maranello this January after having to wait 11 months for his arrival. Hamilton confirmed that he was quitting Mercedes for the pride of Italy in February 2024, which kicked Carlos Sainz out of Ferrari before he signed for Williams.

Yet since Hamilton’s £39m a season Ferrari contract through 2026 began, the Briton has just 109 points from 13 Grands Prix and three F1 Sprints so far. Hamilton also sits sixth in the F1 drivers’ standings prior to the Hungarian Grand Prix, which he has won a record eight times.

Ferrari are still yet to see Hamilton secure a Grand Prix podium finish in red, as well, despite teammate Charles Leclerc taking his fifth of the 2025 F1 season so far with P3 in the Belgian Grand Prix. Hamilton was P7 in the Belgian GP after starting from the pit lane instead of P18.

Gary Anderson thinks Lewis Hamilton should never have emailed Ferrari a list of requests

Hamilton even made headlines before the Belgian GP as the Stevenage-born star addressed his struggles with the Scuderia so far. To try to help the Maranello outfit become contenders for titles again, Hamilton has sent ‘documents’ to Ferrari’s staff citing various improvements.

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The 105-time Grand Prix winner has listed topics that range from changes he wants on their car in 2025, for F1’s 2026 regulations and structural adjustments for how the Scuderia work. He also compared what Hamilton looks at as Ferrari’s shortfalls with how Mercedes operate.

Even Michael Schumacher did not urge Ferrari to make structural changes like Hamilton has when the German helped the Scuderia rebuild in the late 1990s. And the fact that Hamilton made his wishes via email does not sit well with Gary Anderson as they should be in-person.

Anderson told The Telegraph: “I was concerned when I read last week that Hamilton had been sending memos to Ferrari on where they need to be better.

“You might think that is just a driver trying to help his team improve but, from my experience, that is not what you should do. You should sit down in a meeting with the relevant people and thrash it all out in person. That way people can have their input, be honest and have a constructive conversation about progress.

“Another fault is that in writing emails, you can unintentionally say something that can be read not in the spirit it was intended. That can be detrimental to building a better relationship, which is what Hamilton needs to be doing right now.

“Everybody in the team has feelings after all, and they all need to be pulling in the same direction and to want to work together.”

Lewis Hamilton dominates Ferrari’s debriefs to dig through their pre- and post-race data

Hamilton is desperate to make his move to Ferrari a success, so has kept tabs on everything he has witnessed and heard since moving from Mercedes this year. Even from his first day in Maranello, Hamilton has used a notebook to explain his problems at Ferrari and their issues.

The fact that Hamilton has raised the concerns he has noticed via email might not be too big of an issue, though, despite ex-Jordan and Jaguar technical director Anderson’s concern. He revealed at Spa that the Briton has sent Ferrari’s staff his documents since the early rounds.

Additionally, the emails and documents that Hamilton has compiled are not his only ways to explain the problems he has seen in Maranello. Hamilton has annoyed Leclerc with the time he takes up in Ferrari’s debriefs to go through in detail the data collected pre- and post-race.