Ferrari insiders are now seeing the beginning of Michael Schumacher’s ‘golden era’ in Lewis Hamilton

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Ferrari now sense a chance to enjoy unexpected success with Lewis Hamilton, as they have seen signs reminding the team of the start of Michael Schumacher’s dominance.

Hamilton endured a tough first year in red in 2025, as he struggled to adapt to the first non-English F1 team of his career and a problematic car that was built for a regulation cycle that he hated. Yet the latest regulations introduced this year have seen a reborn Hamilton arrive.

After failing to finish on a podium through a season for the first time ever last year, Hamilton took his first Grand Prix podium for Ferrari in China with P3 this March. And after earning P2 finishes in Canada and Monaco, Hamilton won his first Grand Prix with Ferrari in Barcelona.

Lewis Hamilton is now only missing a Grand Prix pole position for Ferrari 🏆 Predict when it will come?

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Ferrari are ready to put Lewis Hamilton on a ‘pedestal’ like they did with Michael Schumacher

Now, Hamilton goes to the Austrian Grand Prix on June 26-28 ranked second in the 2026 F1 drivers’ standings with a 41-point deficit to Mercedes gem Andrea Kimi Antonelli at the top of the tree. And Ferrari are beginning to believe that Hamilton could start an era of success.

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That is according to FormulaTecnica, which claims that Hamilton’s ‘supremacy’ over Charles Leclerc so far in 2026 is not lost on those at Ferrari. Also, his recent victory in Barcelona has sparked a ‘wave of enthusiasm’ at Ferrari, who are starting to believe a new era is awaiting.

Ferrari’s hierarchy have rallied behind Hamilton, and they now sense ‘unexpected prospects’ for the seven-time F1 champion in Maranello after ‘profoundly shifting’ the internal balance away from Leclerc. The Scuderia’s racing department are even striving to ‘elevate’ Hamilton.

The engineers in Maranello are understood to be ready to place Hamilton on a ‘sporting and human pedestal’ so that he can clinch Ferrari’s first drivers’ title since 2007. Ferrari even see the beginning of Schumacher’s ‘golden era’ and think Hamilton can start a new era for them.

Schumacher, likewise, endured a tricky start upon his move to Ferrari from Benetton back in 1996, having switched teams after securing successive titles in Enstone. Ferrari needed time to build the perfect package around the German, and they even had to wait until 2000 for it.

Yet once Jean Todt and Ross Brawn gifted Schumacher the right tools, he won Ferrari five F1 titles in a row from 2000 to 2004. Now, Ferrari insiders see the same potential for an era of dominance with Hamilton, as he looks to break away from Schumacher with an eighth title.