Requested whether or not he would nonetheless have signed for Ferrari if he had identified how troublesome this season can be, Hamilton mentioned: “I do not remorse the choice I made becoming a member of the group. I do know it takes time to construct and develop inside an organisation, and I anticipated that, so sure.”
Hamilton joined Ferrari within the hope the group may take him to a record-breaking eighth drivers’ title, however his first season has been an anti-climax.
The 40-year-old is hoping for a extra aggressive automotive from Ferrari subsequent season, and is completely happy to see the again of the present technical guidelines, which he feels don’t gel along with his driving type.
F1 is introducing new chassis and engine guidelines subsequent season.
The engines may have a a lot better proportion of their complete energy output created by the hybrid a part of the facility unit, whereas the vehicles are returning to an aerodynamic philosophy extra like these with which Hamilton had a lot success from 2007-21.
However he mentioned Ferrari had “quite a lot of work to do” over the winter to enhance their operations on the monitor.
“We’ll analyse the season and there is a lot of enhancements we have to make collectively,” he mentioned, “however no-one’s beneath any phantasm within the group that we must play our half and I consider that we will.
“So I am hoping we implement and make these modifications together with hopefully a greater bundle subsequent yr.”
