Stefano Domenicali tells Fred Vasseur the ‘only advice’ he has to help Lewis Hamilton win a world championship with Ferrari

Ferrari team principal Fred Vasseur knows better than almost anyone what Lewis Hamilton is capable of being the wheel of a racing car.

Before Lewis Hamilton made his Formula 1 debut with McLaren in 2007, Fred Vasseur was his team boss during his time with ART Grand Prix in GP2.

He witnessed the British driver dominate the series, and now, nearly two decades later, they’ve been reunited at Ferrari.

However, it has not been the fairytale start to life with the Scuderia that Hamilton would have dreamt of.

After a difficult debut in Australia, Hamilton won the Sprint Race in China after starting from pole position.

It turned out to be a false dawn, with both Hamilton and Charles Leclerc getting disqualified the following day, and Hamilton still taking time to adapt to Ferrari’s procedures and processes.

The seven-time world champion wanted to emulate the likes of Michael Schumacher and Niki Lauda by adding to his list of titles with the Scuderia.

That looks like a pipe dream in 2025, but Formula One Group CEO and former Ferrari chief Stefano Domenicali has some words of advice for Vasseur and Hamilton.

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Stefano Domenicali tells Fred Vasseur how to help Lewis Hamilton win an F1 title with Ferrari

Domenicali was being interviewed on the La Politica nel Pallone show on Radio Rai Gr Parlamento about a variety of topics in Formula 1.

The future of the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix was talked about with Domenicali before moving on to his old team, Ferrari.

When asked about what’s going on within the team after a tough start to the year, Domenicali explained: “I can’t afford to pass judgment, but I see a Ferrari that is very close to those who are winning.

“The only advice I can give Fred Vasseur, with whom I am in contact every day, is to keep working with his head down without feeling the weight of pressure that is natural for someone in that role.

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“I am convinced that we will soon see a Ferrari that will win again this year.

“You have to keep on staying there, because this year the gaps are so small that the details make all the difference.

“Being Ferrari is something unique, I was talking about it with Hamilton, who realised what it means for a champion like him to wear the red suit.”

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Ferrari struggling to help Lewis Hamilton discover his optimum set-up this season

Hamilton has spent his entire Formula 1 career racing for teams that are Mercedes-powered.

McLaren helped him win his first championship in 2008 with a Mercedes engine, before he joined the Silver Arrows and won six more titles, narrowly missing out in 2016 and 2021 to Nico Rosberg and Max Verstappen, respectively.

Ferrari presents a completely different challenge to Hamilton, and the deficit he currently has to Leclerc resembles the small difference in their confidence in this year’s car.

For example, Hamilton explained the difference in Ferrari’s brakes after the Bahrain Grand Prix, which may seem like a minor thing, but even the slightest lack of confidence could cost him valuable lap time.

Naomi Schiff believes Hamilton can’t deliver Hamilton’s perfect set-up yet, which may have been hampered by Ferrari’s disqualification in China for running the car too low.

Ferrari haven’t quite got the pace or the balance right yet, or Hamilton or Leclerc’s car, but Sunday’s race in Bahrain highlighted that progress is being made behind the scenes at Maranello.