Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc say they’ve each spoken to Ferrari chairman John Elkann forward of the Las Vegas Grand Prix and will not be involved by his feedback after the Sao Paulo GP that appeared to criticize them.
Elkann had said after the double-DNF at Interlagos that “it is necessary that [the drivers] concentrate on driving and speak much less,” as he additionally appeared to questioned the unity inside Ferrari’s Components 1 group. Nevertheless, Hamilton says he commonly speaks with Elkann and that his personal social media submit after Brazil was not in response to the feedback.
“John and I, we communicate each week,” Hamilton stated. “We’ve got an important relationship. I didn’t have a response to it. I don’t actually look into these issues an excessive amount of.
“[The post] wasn’t a response, I truly hadn’t even seen it after I posted, and I used to be flying. It’s solely after I received dwelling that I heard about it, so it wasn’t a response to something. That was from the weekend.”
When the “speak much less” remark was put to Hamilton, he stated there needs to be a shared blame for the group’s disappointing efficiency thus far this season, however that he feels Ferrari is united.
“I imply, I’m at all times keen to do much less media! However no, significantly, look, I believe all of us must take accountability on this group, and all of us must play our half,” he stated. “And I do know that there’s a lot ardour on this group, each single member of this group.
“I’m extremely grateful for the extraordinary effort each single particular person again on the manufacturing unit continues to place in, week on week. And naturally, figuring out that the group is Ferrari, there’s at all times an enormous quantity of consideration, not at all times in a constructive manner.
“However we’re all totally dedicated to turning this round, and I’m totally dedicated to serving to this group rebuild and develop, and each problem is a chance for us to develop and be taught. I firmly consider that we’ll get to the place we wish to be.
“I’ll by no means evaluate it to a different group, as a result of it’s simply so totally different. However I’m continuously impressed. Firstly going again to the manufacturing unit, each single time it’s an incredible feeling. There’s simply one thing so romantic while you go to Ferrari, as you already know, the model.
“I believe there’s nice concord inside the group. Even with all of the ups and downs that we’ve been having. I believe everyone seems to be simply targeted on taking the learnings from this 12 months to construct on a greater future. That encourages me each time I am going and see everyone again on the manufacturing unit. After all there are areas we have to enhance. That’s what we’re engaged on.”
Leclerc echoed Hamilton’s standpoint, saying Elkann had already contacted him earlier than he was conscious of what the Ferrari chairman had stated.
“John and I do know one another for a few years,” Leclerc stated. “We’ve got an excellent relationship and we have been working collectively for a few years. We all know one another and I do know John is a really formidable particular person and needs to push everybody to the utmost with a view to have the utmost outcomes. He loves Ferrari, I like Ferrari, all of us love Ferrari and we attempt to do the most effective in each scenario.
“I did not truly see the information. John referred to as me earlier than that, similar to he does after each race, to catch up. He additionally informed me that the message he needed to ship was a constructive one, saying we have to do higher.
“That’s clear for everybody. We’re aligned and I’ll do completely all the things with a view to carry Ferrari again to the highest. This I’ve at all times stated previously and I’ve at all times tried my finest. I am going to attempt to do higher. That actually is the precedence within the group and what we wish to obtain.
“We’re united. It is a message that is essential that it is handed. I do perceive that there is a number of fuss across the group in the intervening time, however the relationship that John and I’ve and John and the group has would not change in any respect.
“He is been very clear with what he stated. He is at all times been very trustworthy with us. When he says one thing, he means it. He spoke to all of us similar to he does regularly, and he is very clear what he is aspiring to say. That is good for us.”
