Ferrari “naively” assumed that Lewis Hamilton would adapt to life at Maranello relatively seamlessly. That is the admission made by team principal Fred Vasseur, who has since discovered that Hamilton is “not like Carlos Sainz”, who has been around the houses in his Formula 1 career.

Ferrari team principal Fred Vasseur has openly acknowledged that both he and Lewis Hamilton underestimated the challenges of adapting to life at Ferrari after 18 years at Mercedes.