What is the news today: Ferrari will keep Lewis Hamilton for the 2027 season after Fred Vasseur said, “Yes,” when asked whether he would race for the team again. The decision follows a sharp change in Hamilton’s form after a difficult 2025 campaign and gives Ferrari clarity around its driver pairing for 2027.
Lewis Hamilton and Ferrari in 2027
RacingNews365 readers backed the move by 97.6% to 2.4%, a split that reflects how quickly Hamilton’s standing has changed. At 41 years old, he finished sixth in the 2025 standings with 156 points and zero grand prix podiums, 86 points behind Charles Leclerc.
Halfway through 2026, the picture looked different. Hamilton sat third in the drivers’ championship on 147 points, had scored at every round, and had five podiums from nine races, including a victory in Barcelona. For Ferrari, that run gives the team a clear case for carrying him into 2027 rather than treating the next season as a reset.
Fred Vasseur on Hamilton
Hamilton’s own words point to why the turnaround matters inside Ferrari. After his Barcelona triumph, he said, “I wouldn't be in this team without Fred,” and added, “Fred is the one that made it happen, of which I'm incredibly grateful to him for.” That places Vasseur at the center of the driver’s resurgence, even if the exact internal changes behind it have not been spelled out publicly.
The contrast is the story: a 2025 campaign with no podiums and a sixth-place finish, followed by a 2026 run that put him back in the title conversation. Ferrari has now moved to lock in the pairing around Hamilton and Charles Leclerc for 2027, and the next test is whether the 2026 pace holds across the rest of the 2026 F1 schedule.
