Montoya warns Ferrari: Focus on Lewis or stay titleless

20:32, 03 Jun

Updated: 22:33, 03 Jun

byNorberto Mujica

Former F1 driver Juan Pablo Montoya believes Ferrari are not focused on Lewis Hamilton, and if by next year this doesn't change, the Scuderia are in for an even larger title dry-spell.

Speaking in the AS podcast MontoyAS, the former F1 driver states he doesn't think Ferrari are focused on Hamilton, but wonders if this could change with the 2026 regulations.

"Not at the moment (About Ferrari being focused on Hamilton,ed.), and the interesting thing is to see if, suddenly, with next year's car they pay more attention to what Lewis needs or what Leclerc needs."

For Montoya, Hamilton's direction is the right path that may lead Ferrari to titles, whereas Leclerc's can only yield a few victories a year.

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"In my opinion, if they want to be competitive next year, the base of the car has to be more based on Lewis than on Charles. Because the cars that have been based on Charles are cars that can win one or two races a year, but no [titles]."

"And look, under Lewis's leadership, when they go fast, they find everything very quickly, and he always gives very good direction to what the car needs," added Montoya alluding to the success he and his previous teams have found in the past when his direction was followed.

"I think Ferrari is very political and very complicated, and suddenly it surprised Lewis. I think Lewis expected that, since he was Lewis, they would do everything he wanted, and we all expected this, but egos are a very complicated thing."