"Lewis will LOVE IT!" | Ex-Ferrari engineer Rob Smedley on how Hamilton will adapt to Ferrari

[@TheCristina49]

Finally my two favorite in f1 are united: Ferrari and Lewis ❤

[@amsf1]

Wait til Lewis has a car worthy of his talent again. Going to be a lot of crying. Correction even more crying from the haters.

[@lloydgross5762]

F1 needs him to come back to the front and compete with max.

[@51bikerboy]

Lewis haters are not known as Crybabies, Lewis and his fans are!😊

[@skahnk6550]

​@51bikerboy your name speaks volumes lol

[@andyfry745]

And he’s older and a bit slower…so talented and I do hope he takes wins…but beating leclerc ? Not sure about that

[@Kassiusday]

@@andyfry745if Carlo has beaten Leclerc , why a stolen 8 times world champion would nt able to do so ????

[@mercedes-benzforever7052]

I’m a Mercedes Fan, and always will be. But I’m sick of the way they are treating Louis!!! He deserves the upgrades first because he is the best driver. But this year they choose to sabotage him and act like George Russell is a better driver than Lewis Hamilton.

[@philtucker1224]

Ferrari are praying that Leclerc picks up at least just a fragment of Lewis’s brilliance. …

[@slug.racing]

Hamilton has no brilliance to drop. Washed up never been

[@francescotrombetta8548]

Lol Hamilton is washed and Leclerc is gonna beat the hell out of him just like he did with vettel and sainz, you lot are just too delusional to realise that

[@philtucker1224]

@@francescotrombetta8548 I think Ferrari and Leclerc are praying that becomes true. Hamilton is at the end of a fabulous career whereas Charles has not quite begun his yet. Hamilton’s role at Ferrari is as much about mentoring ( the whole team) as actual driving. - Fred isn’t stupid buddy….

[@francescotrombetta8548]

@@philtucker1224 it will be the same as Schumacher and Rosberg (with people underestimating the younger driver and overrating the 7x world champions future performances)

[@philtucker1224]

@@francescotrombetta8548 yes that could well become true, although Leclerc has been around for a few years now and hasn’t performed that well (since Ferrari had to “downgrade” their engine specification to ensure the correct fuel compliance a few seasons back..) Still, if you are right, that will be welcome news for Charles and his management group..

[@janeharrison3151]

Rob please come back to F1, we miss you . Lewis and you would be a great twosome at Ferrari. x

[@Ramon-gg3bd]

My tyres are dead! - Copy, we are checking...

[@a.u.b1]

If Ferrari can provide a winning car (not based on dnf from max) this will surely motivate Lewis to fight for championship!

[@enuclear]

It’s fantastic news for Ferrari and Lewis. The team and a wonderful driver combo will deliver a Ferrari world championship, no question.

[@DavidFerriday]

I can see Rob at Williams if the changes James is making come through

[@doric_historic]

Then again the history of Ferrari has not been kind to some great drivers, yet to be truly great at Ferrari requires all the Gods to align at the right time and guide the team...

[@Taylor___]

‘Felippe baby be cool’

[@philtucker1224]

I get the impression that Hamilton’s job at Ferrari isn’t just about driving….🤔

[@izieky]

It’s Lewis Hamilton. It’s always more than just driving. No other driver brings this appeal. Hence Ferrari gave him whatever he wants.

[@philtucker1224]

@@izieky yes. I’d like to think that gaining Hamilton (and doubtless some of his colleagues) is Ferrari’s best chance of a renaissance since Michael and Ross. Let’s hope so anyway. We really need some more championship winning teams other than just Merc and RB for the good of the sport, and to return to the sport of the good…

[@barnigranero5882]

If you had put Verstappen in a V10 from the 90s, he would have had a career ending injury before the end of his first season.

[@frankhart2188]

If we'd still have V10 from the 90s, a lot of the grid wouldn't be in the cockpit.

[@ancientbriton8262]

Love the pod cast, opens up many unknowns in the F1 Business, it would be great if you could get Damon Hill on the show, ( if his contract with Sky allows it] Damon F1 world champ drove for EJ and Williams, the Senna situation, the SchumacherS incidents, being unceremoniously dumped by Frank Williams and that dreaded Yamaha Engine, Etc, Etc

[@jamesodell7249]

Lewis needs to recommend a performance coach to charles

[@philtucker1224]

And his name may be Lewis Hamilton …

[@marksibley4546]

I think Ferrari will lead the way in the new regulations

[@SteveT-0]

How do you come to that conclusion?

[@MrSkeleton131]

@@SteveT-0 estimate, no one really knows

[@juannito6318]

Another great teammate Lewis will have in leclerc hes not scared of anyone unlike fraudstappen thats why Lewis will always be the goat

[@nathanricketts1439]

Rob n massa’s radio convos use to be good, you could tell they had a close relationship

[@MM-xr6tz]

He went to America for an hour and came back with a US accent, rolling his R's etc. So get ready for Buongiorno, Ciao, non mangio carne, how do you say...😂

[@timmortimer6267]

True 😅😂

[@Jackster31]

Like Vettel you mean? “Grazie raggazzi, buon lavorro…. Give me a break. The 🐐 will be fine with Ferrari next season. Forza Ferrari, Forza SLH, 😎😉

[@guidochristopherschofisch]

​@@Jackster31Forza Ferrari

[@jamesantill5065]

Dont be a turnip. It takes about 2 weeks to pick up a US accent. Lewis has property there and spends a lot of time with Yanks- what do you expect??? I mean as a kid I lived for a while in Holland speaking English to my Dutch schoolmates who learned English from US tv and films and when we got back people said I spoke with a US accent.

[@MM-xr6tz]

@@jamesantill5065 😂 Mate that's hilarious.

[@DavidJohnson-dc8lu]

Smedley joining Lewis, do you want to crush Massa's soul? That might send him over the edge, and Massa seems like he gets further out on edge year after year, especially after the Brazil race has finished.

[@arien_p]

why are you talking about massa in 2024

[@DavidJohnson-dc8lu]

@@arien_p Because in 2024 Massa wants to still take Lewis to court over his 2008 title win, and Smedley was Massa's right hand man! Duh!

[@darkmatter6714]

I can’t believe Massa thinks he’s got a legitimate claim. If losing the title to Lewis because Glock was on the wrong tyres constitutes a legitimate claim, then Lewis has a slam dunk case against Michael Masi!

[@DavidJohnson-dc8lu]

@@darkmatter6714 Agreed, but after every Brazil race he goes into his weird space.

[@solitaryclusterofneurons598]

It's a shame because I used to have a soft spot for Massa for taking Brazil 2008, his head injury, and being forced to being number 2 to Alonso, on the chin with grace. There's great admirability in maintaining a good attitude in rough times even if you're not the best and don't achieve much, much like Martin Brundle, Johnny Herbert, Rubens Barrichello etc. Now he's currently destroying the one thing we can look back on his career fondly about, cause lets face it he was never an Alonso, a Raikkonen, a Hamilton, not even a Button. but if being given a title in court nearly 2 decades on makes him happy, then what can I say?

[@givemeabreak8784]

Ferrari culture is to crush the drivers unless you have a team around to shield them like Michael had back in the day.

[@SurviveTheDay]

Ferrari’s brand has huge political and economic power in F1. They’re really the only team F1 cannot afford to lose.

[@MalcolmTann0]

Lewis needs to learn Italian I know most of the team speaks English these days but to really galvanise the team he needs to do it

[@NigelTufnel612]

fairly certain he knows this.

[@zoltandoubious6183]

Tell that to Schumacher. His Italian was incredibly basic.

[@GrandPrixDecals]

Only British people who speak 1 language would say that. No he won’t and they know he won’t. He’s too old, for 99% of people your brain can’t learn a first language that late in life

[@tuttutteddy8889]

@@zoltandoubious6183exactly. Not to mention their last world champion (kimi) didn’t speak any either

[@philtucker1224]

If Hamilton thought that speaking Italian at Marinello was important in his role, you can guarantee that he is already fluent!! 😁

[@x_aquatix_x]

i cant believe rob smedley is already 50 years old.

[@timothygray7412]

Job interview for team LH at Ferrari from Rob! Please 🙏

[@leonkernan]

Will he enjoy it there? “We are checking”

[@alicekoppenol-pitti6257]

Not a fan of either but clinically I want to see if Lewis and Ferrari can work well together. I always presume that people are conditioned to a certain way of working if you have been with a team as long as Lewis has. It took Fred a year to reorganize the team to show some progress. I hope that they give Lewis some time to adjust.

[@jasonbell5905]

Clinically who cares who you’re a fan of. Why add that to your comment no one cares honestly.

[@alicekoppenol-pitti6257]

@@jasonbell5905 you apparently, hence your comment.

[@Antonio-gq6fx]

Italians have a big heart over and above any other team and because of this Lewis will go on to get himself an Italian girlfriend as well.Haha.How did that grab you?

[@TheTororist]

the brazilian women would riot

[@philtucker1224]

I’m sure he would not be short of applicants, unless the Monegasque royal family get to him first! 😁

[@Kassiusday]

⁠​⁠@@philtucker1224why do you think he could end up with royal Monaco family ?

[@philtucker1224]

The biggest mistake Ferrari made was letting Rob Smedley go with Phillipe Massa

[@crowntiger8590]

Lewis to Ferrari it’s game changer

[@slug.racing]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@aarace8479]

Well....good luck lewis

[@F1ForSuccess]

Can Lewis win an eighth World Drivers' Championship with Ferrari?

[@ThatguyWitjokes]

8th and 9th loading 🏆🏆

[@HyperHorse]

NO. He is deluding himself.

[@camperp195]

@@ThatguyWitjokesyou are deluded,he will be like vettel

[@_.R.F.X.L._]

Yes!! In his dream 😂😂😂😂

[@MediocreAverage]

Lewis has the ability, Ferrari doesn't. Vasseur will give them the best chance they've had in years, but I see the Ferrari nature will win over. It's a shame, because it would be great to see Ferrari do well. But it is the team where the best drivers go to start the decline of their careers. Schumacher and Raikonnen are just the exceptions to the rule.

[@anoopbains1257]

Goat finally arrives at Ferrari

[@slug.racing]

Can't even beat his team mates ..

[@rajeeb3500]

​​@@slug.racingI think you have to realise that it's easier for a7 time world champion to be bored by poor performance than an up and coming driver. George and he are in totally different places

[@slug.racing]

@@rajeeb3500 bored is not a word used by a world champion. Having said that Hamilton is no world champion he was lucky to be in a car 2 seconds a lap faster then everyone else. A monkey could have won in that car.

[@user-vg4wt6nn5n]

I Agreed with u,Haters crying

[@solace4114]

People all of a sudden praising sainz like he is a world killer 😂 if anyone else other then lewis replaced him they wouldnt care .. racism is bad in f1 fans

[@notaspeck6104]

No frl. Like the way people said it was ‘just the car’ about Lewis for years but apparently Max is just pure talent… like huh? He’s had the most dominant car ever and a wet noodle of a team mate but he doesn’t get any shit for that, meanwhile Lewis did have the best car but had decent to actually threatening team mates but that makes him a fraud? It’s ridiculous. Don’t get me wrong I think both of them are great and I think the car vs driver argument is so loaded and biased to whoever people like. But the double standard is insane. Personally it seems like all the people who got triggered by Lewis’ politics and or skin colour chose Max as their champion because of 2021 lol. It’s a real problem, the fanbase in general is just sorta shitty and toxic. It’s got to be the worst sports fanbase I’ve ever seen and I’m a football fan lmao. It’s a shame.

[@marshallmarthes]

You cant just put rookie in there to have a rookie in there

[@reet-ko9lg]

That’s exactly how we ended up with Zhou & Sargent though 😂

[@RacingWithChuck27]

Didn’t want to touch the new owner(s) question

[@jamesantill5065]

New owner of what?

[@RacingWithChuck27]

@@jamesantill5065 he asked about the possibility on new F1 owners, he didn’t answer it and Eddie didn’t re ask the question

[@jamesantill5065]

@@RacingWithChuck27 Ah ok, thanks. Joe Saward discussed this on Missed Apex Podcast recently. Unfortunately I can't remember the exact technical reason why but basically it's not happening any time soon.

[@julianlawrence-ball2279]

I think we can safely say that Ferrari are the Italian F1 national team

[@8BitZ0mbie]

Why do you have 3 mic’s? Lol

[@SirGingerOfKnight]

Potentially so they can record purer raw audio for the podcast separately from the call audio Why it's 3 and not 2 I don't know. I'm not an audio engineer, I've just worked with a few.

[@jmi_music]

I thought this was Rodger daltrey

[@jonathangriffiths2499]

New glasses for you blindly

[@justgjt]

Where Newey goes the championship goes.

[@givemeabreak8784]

He's retiring 😂😂😂

[@dopy8418]

Yeah ok… but abu dhabi 21 broke hamilton and he is not who he used to be.

[@littlepippin8445]

He was 3rd last year? Not sure what you mean....

[@slug.racing]

3rd last

[@korclo]

Bonno won’t go, Lewis only has 2 years left

[@Gmh6477]

He won’t love it.. they will turn on him quicker than he has EVER experienced when he doesn’t achieve what they are expecting.

[@kboom4464]

Oooh will they? Mystic Gab has spoken.

[@bobkeul7682]

Perhaps ur goat needs to win from his teammate first...

[@littemisscarrage2909]

one thought they would never hire one of those

[@mella1040]

Are u being racist

[@TheTororist]

can vegans survive at maranello?

[@TheRayKh]

I bet you felt very proud after that banter.

[@digitalmaxism]

I see, you’ve never been to Italy…

[@Ramon-gg3bd]

Pizza mozzarella every day

[@TheTororist]

@@TheRayKh it aint banter, Ive seen how serious italians can get with their food. go check out a video of a woman trying to order a cappuccino before her pasta is finished and look at the waiters reaction

[@TheTororist]

@@Ramon-gg3bd mozzarella is not vegan.

[@IPMI_pascal_fanti]

Are speaking about the traitor Rob Smedley? This guy has nothing to say about formula 1. Shame on you! Don't you have anything interesting to speak about? Then please, shut-up!

[@wingzero2348]

Loved the fact hamilton has been exposed for the past 3 years. Had 6 easy championships. Never compare him to SCHUMACHER.

[@ncpcast]

The biggest mistake Ferrari have made in years. signing Hamilton.

[@geoffnelson4777]

I think Charles will be quicker than Lewis. I think Ferrari cannot sustain winning form for an entire season, for a long time now, and that 2025 will be no exception.

[@alexhidell663]

IDK... Vettel replaced Alonso and no one cared. Sainz is not even a world champion and people are losing their sh*t

[@grantsutherland6798]

No it's huge. The big picture is that it's great for the sport.

[@joshd171294]

I think Hamilton’s is past his best but people may be sleeping on him. If he’s anywhere near his old self next year he’ll have the pace on Leclerc especially on Sundays

[@TongTong-rh3br]

Let's see how this ages

[@bunyipdreaming4691]

the only thing Lewis is going to bring to Ferrari is woke.....the fall of this iconic brand is going to be epic!

[@gaycha6589]

They said that when Mansell joined. History proved them wrong

[@ianadriaanse8705]

Game over for Hamilton

[@chriscollins550]

They said that when he joined Mercedes, it would be the end of he's career. But it wasn't.

[@ThatguyWitjokes]

After getting a 9th 🏆 with Ferrari absolutely. Game completed

[@azynkron]

Game over for Chrashtappen when they lose the single feature that makes him win.

[@thepineappleburster4439]

Cope harder

[@_.R.F.X.L._]

😂😂😂😂li it

[@slug.racing]

Hamilton won't last the year.

[@A-Lovely-Bit-of-Kit]

There are not many podcasts that I can leave wondering what a bucket of crap sounds like... maybe it hums?

[@user-gt7yv2xr8r]

Should have kept Sainz

[@justinf4071]

Lewis needs to bring back "grazie reggazi"