The 40-year-old Brit has had a difficult start in his debut year at Ferrari, with no podium places, except for a Sprintrace victory in China during the second race of the season.
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Hamilton, whose teammate Charles Leclerc has achieved four podium places, said: “It is a huge organization with many ‘moving parts’ and not all parts are running at full speed as they should,” he said at the press conference in Belgium.
No more individual World Cup title since 2007
And: “I think it is my job to challenge every area. To challenge everyone in the team, especially those at the top.”
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Ferrari has not won any title in 2008 since the constructors’ championship in 2008, while their last driver title was won by Kimi Raikkonen in 2007.
Also with iconic drivers no world champion
Hamilton pointed out that the iconic Italian team cannot due the lack of success to the quality of the drivers. Since 2008, Ferrari has had Fernando Alonso, Sebastian Vettel and Raikkonen in his ranks at different times.
“The team has had great drivers – Kimi, Fernando, Sebastian – and yet they have not won a title with Ferrari,” said seven -time world champion Hamilton.
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“I refuse that that will also be the case with me, that’s why I go one step further. If you follow the same way, you get the same results.”
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Hamilton said that this year he had written a series of documents for Ferrari’s management, in which he had outlined improvement points.
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Since the Grand Prix of Great Britain, he has had a meeting with chairman John Elkann, CEO Benedetto Vigna and team boss Frederic Vasseur to discuss both his problems with this year’s car and his ideas about future developments.
“There have been great reactions,” he added. “Many improvements must be made, but [ze] Respond very well and I try to create allies within the organization. “
What does Hamilton see for Ferrari in the future?
“I am here to win. It is a crucial moment for me and I really believe in the potential of this team. I believe they can win several championships in the future. That is my only goal.”
Ferrari introduces a new rear -wheel suspension for this weekend’s Belgian Grand Prix, hoping that this will improve performance because the car can drive lower without making too much contact with the track.
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“We are going to test the suspension tomorrow and I am sure we will learn from that,” said Hamilton.
“We will find out how we can get performance from it. On the simulator there was no difference, but I am sure there will be differences on different circuits.”