Lewis Hamilton may be 66 points behind Charles Leclerc in the standings, but he is the Ferrari driver which the team must listen to for the future.

That is the opinion of ex-Ferrari stalwart Francesco Cigarini, who claims that the Michael Schumacher era can be recreated with Lewis Hamilton , but only if Ferrari “listen to him” on how the car is developed. Cigarini claims that this would benefit Leclerc as well.

Ferrari urged to let Lewis Hamilton steer

Hamilton has struggled thus far to live up to the hype at Ferrari. He arrived at Maranello as Formula 1’s most successful driver, but is yet to add to his haul of 202 podiums. Teammate Leclerc has realised that achievement seven times in F1 2025, as is 66 points better off than Hamilton in the standings .

It has been an underwhelming

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