Guenther Steiner says Ferrari is blowing the 2026 title fight by refusing to pick a side. The former Haas boss argues Fred Vasseur needs to declare Lewis Hamilton the number one driver now—before the next race, not during it—if the Scuderia wants to maximize its championship odds.
The call comes after Zandvoort, where Hamilton ran faster on fresher rubber but sat trapped behind Charles Leclerc until the positions swapped. Steiner's logic is cold math: Hamilton holds more points, so he gets priority. "You need to put your money on the guy who has got the better chance," he told The Red Flags Podcast. The pitch to Leclerc? Your teammate's done better, he's number one.
Team orders agreed in the engineering room avoid the radio drama that plagued Ferrari in the Netherlands. Vasseur owns the conversation. For Hamilton and the American fanbase that followed him to Maranello, clarity can't come soon enough.
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