Ted Kravitz thinks Lewis Hamilton has just dropped a big hint about how ‘secure’ he feels at Ferrari

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Lewis Hamilton joined Ferrari on a multi-year contract in 2025 to realise his childhood dream of driving for the Scuderia, but his future in red has come into question of late.

The 40-year-old has endured a wretched campaign throughout his first term driving for the pride of Italy. Hamilton admits that his first year at Ferrari has been a “nightmare”, too, as he remains without a Grand Prix podium, let alone a race win, after 22 of this term’s 24 rounds.

Hamilton has so far only been able to celebrate since joining Ferrari when he won the Sprint at the Chinese Grand Prix back in round two this March. The seven-time F1 champion made the rostrum in the Miami Sprint with P3, as well, for his only top-three results in any format.

Never before has Hamilton gone an entire season throughout his 19-year F1 career without at least one Grand Prix podium to his name. And, with just two rounds remaining, Hamilton called 2025 his “worst season ever” in F1 after his latest sorry outing in Las Vegas last week.

Ted Kravitz thinks Lewis Hamilton must feel ‘quite secure’ about his position at Ferrari

Hamilton could not hide his hurt in Sin City after finishing P10 on the road, before McLaren’s double disqualification from the Las Vegas GP promoted the Briton to P8. He has scored just 152 points to date this term, and he cannot improve from his P6 in the F1 drivers’ standings.

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It has also been said since the Las Vegas GP that Hamilton fulfilling his Ferrari contract is not set in stone, despite signing an initial two-year deal with the option for a third. Additionally, reports have suggested that Ferrari are not willing to admit signing Hamilton was a mistake.

Yet as Hamilton called 2025 the worst term of his 19-year career soon after chairman John Elkann told Ferrari’s drivers to “focus on driving” and “talk less”, Ted Kravitz expects he must feel secure that the exit doors in Maranello are not likely to open ahead of schedule for him.

Kravitz said on his podcast: “He must feel quite secure in his position, given the comments of John Elkann a week and a half ago to be that downbeat about his Ferrari position.”

Lewis Hamilton is ‘pretty lost’ in his search for answers at Ferrari

Ferrari chairman Elkann launched his shock outburst only one day after Hamilton claimed he is living a “nightmare’ in Maranello following his retirement from the Sao Paulo GP. He made his requests while speaking at an event in Milan looking ahead to the 2026 Winter Olympics.

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But Hamilton did not shy away from calling the 2025 F1 season the worst year of his career straight after his latest disappointing weekend with Ferrari in Sin City. Hamilton qualified in last place on pure pace for the first time ever in Las Vegas, after he bowed out in Q1 in P20.

Sky Sports reporter Rachel Brookes, to whom Hamilton made his comments after the race in Las Vegas, thinks his revelation showed how “lost” the record 105-time Grand Prix winner is. Hamilton has now failed to reach Q3 seven times in 22 rounds for Ferrari, with two Q1 exits.

Brookes added: “I took from [his comments] to mean not only at the race weekend, but also in between, trying to find solutions.

“And, at the moment, he just isn’t getting the answers, [he] can’t get the answers, the car is not doing what he wants it to. I don’t know, but it does feel like he’s pretty lost right now.”