After strategy blunder: Has Hamilton lost faith in Ferrari?

Ahead of the Singapore Grand Prix, Lewis Hamilton was still confident he could be in contention for victory. However, during the race, a few questionable strategic decisions meant that the Ferrari star, who had started from third on the grid, finished sixth.

After the race, it became clear that Hamilton himself had played his part. Although the team called him into the pits during the late virtual safety car phase, he remained on the track. Team principal Fred Vasseur explained afterwards that the seven-time world champion had missed the entrance to the pit lane.

Nevertheless, Karun Chandhok believes that there is a need for clarification between Ferrari and Hamilton, and that the team and its superstar must make a fresh start. After all, the Scuderia’s strategy was already a talking point in Malaysia, when Hamilton set off on slicks rather than intermediates.

“Trust has already been slightly shaken, and here in Singapore he quite obviously decided not to trust their decision,” says the former F1 driver and current TV pundit on the ‘Sky F1 Podcast’, who criticises Ferrari’s strategy: “I think Ferrari have handled a few things rather badly. They let him start on the medium tyres, and he was the first to come into the pits. So that’s a bit confusing right from the off. Of the top seven finishers, he’s the only one who started on the medium tyres, and he was the first to come into the pits.”

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