Hamilton has written off the rest of 2026 as testing. With Ferrari locked in a tight constructors' battle — second but with Red Bull closing fast on Verstappen's back-to-back wins — the seven-time champion is already eyes-forward on 2027. "These next five races are like test races," he said in Mexico City, pushing the Scuderia to treat the season's final stretch as development time.
The diagnosis is blunt: Ferrari's chassis works through corners, but the power unit can't match Mercedes or Red Bull on the straights. "If we were matching the power of the others, we would be fighting for the championship this year," Hamilton said. He's won once this season, at Barcelona, and added five podiums alongside Leclerc, but speed traps tell the story Ferrari doesn't want to hear.
The real fight starts now — not for position in Mexico, but for whether the factory in Maranello can close the horsepower gap before 2027 testing begins.
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