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lewis hamilton is interviewed after the race, miami - may 4, 2025 📷 @.dazn_es / twitter

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george russell, p3, is interviewed after the race, miami - may 4, 2025

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lewis hamilton is interviewed after the race, miami - may 4, 2025

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lewis hamilton is interviewed during the press conference on media day, miami - may 1, 2025 (transcript under the cut)

NOT SHOWN: Journalist: "Graham Harris, Motorsport Monday. Question for Lewis: Off-track, how are you settling into Italy? Enjoying life around the factory? Maranello treating you well?" Lewis: "Yeah, I love it. Trying to stay off the pizzas and the pasta, which I'm not doing very well with, if I'm honest. I was there last week and had like three pizzas in two days. [laughs] I have my hookup and he's bringing me a pizza. I, like, text him late after the day and I'm like, 'Hey, can I get a pizza?' [laughs] But yeah, I really am enjoying it. Not living in Italy currently, but spending more time is still something I really want to try and figure out how to do through the year. My Italian is not really progressing, so I've gotta probably throw myself more into the thick of it. But the team's been incredible. Lots of changes. A huge amount of work has been going on from my first days there to adjust some things-for example, in the sim-and everyone's been really responsive and massively supportive, so I've really appreciated it."

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lewis hamilton is interviewed during the press conference on media day, miami - may 1, 2025 (transcript under the cut)

Interviewer: "Welcome back to Miami, everybody. Part two of our drivers press conference. Closest to me, Nico Hulkenberg, then George Russell and Lewis Hamilton." [time jump] Interviewer: "Lewis, good to see you. It feels like this is a big weekend; your first race for Ferrari in the USA. You've got the Met Gala on Monday. We know what you're wearing in the car. Can you tell us what you're wearing on Monday?" Lewis: "I don't even know, if I'm honest." Interviewer: "Really?" Lewis: "I've not really put much thought to it." Interviewer: "Look, you're co-chair of the Met this year. Just how much have you enjoyed that experience?" Lewis: "Yeah. It's amazing working with Anna and her team, and yeah, it's been a privilege. I mean, to be able to continue to do stuff in fashion is fun. But Anna's been really understanding. I haven't had a lot of time to do a huge amount with it, but the work has been in drips over the past two years already with Anna, so… Yeah, excited for people to see it." Interviewer: "Well, Lewis, let's bring it on-track. Now, it's been a little bit frustrating these last few races for you, but we've seen stints in races where the car and you have been really competitive. What is stopping you repeating that performance; those quick stints?" Lewis: "Many things. Lots of different things. There's not one particular…" Interviewer: "Is there anything we can talk about here, having been back to the factory?" Lewis: "Not particularly. I mean, when I joined Mercedes, the first six months was tough, getting attuned to working with new people. Obviously, the engineers that I'm working with now are used to setting up a car for a different driver and a different driving style, and I'm used to driving a car with a different driving style, and soo it’s just a combination of a bunch of different things." Interviewer: "Are you able to drive this car instinctively, or are you having to think consciously while you're in it?" Lewis: "I would say you're generally always a mixture of the two, but I'm definitely working hard to adjust to this one, for sure." Interviewer: "Alright. Well, what about this weekend in Miami? What can we expect from you and Ferrari?" Lewis: "No clue. We'll do the best we can. We've not got upgrades or anything this weekend, but we continue to try and optimize the car. And obviously Charles, in the last race, did a fantastic job and showed what the car can do in a race. So the goal is to try to replicate that."

[QUESTIONS FROM THE FLOOR:] Journalist: "Question to Lewis. David Croft, Sky Sports. Hi, Lewis. Carlos Sainz has said today that you can't just show up at a team and be two- or three-tenths quicker-it’s just not possible-than your teammate who is there and established at the team. Is that true? Or did we see in China, with the sprint, that you can do that and your car is probably more suited to the sprint, at the moment, than the grand prix? Just try and explain a little bit as to why that was so good in China. And then is this weekend a plus for you, given it's a sprint weekend?" Lewis: "I can't really explain it too much. In the sprint race obviously there's not a huge amount of changes you make. I think the one thing to take from it is that we didn't make a lot of changes, if actually any changes, going from P1 to then quali, as where on all the other weekends we've been tinkering with the car and [laughs] making it worse, so yeah…" Journalist: "And on the subject of you can't turn up and be two- or three-tenths quicker than your teammate. Is that true, or do you think that is possible?" Lewis: "I mean, there are elements of that that are true, but, I mean, it's different for everyone, so…"

[NOT SHOWN:] Journalist: "Graham Harris, Motorsport Monday) Question for Lewis. Off-track, how are you settling into Italy? Enjoying life around the factory? Maranello treating you well?" Lewis: "Yeah, I love it. Trying to stay off the pizzas and the pasta, which I'm not doing very well with if I'm honest. I was there last week and had like three pizzas in two days. I have my hookup – he keeps bringing me a pizza. I text him late after the day and I'm like, "Hey, can I get a pizza?" He keeps bringing me one. But yeah, I really am enjoying it. Not living in Italy currently, but or spending more time is still something I really want to try and figure out how to do through the year. My Italian is not really progressing, so I've probably got to throw myself more into the thick of it. But the team's been well. Lots of changes, a huge amount of work has been going on from my first days there to adjust certain things, for example in the sim, and everyone’s been really responsive and massively supportive. So I’ve really appreciated it." Journalist: "Luke Smith, The Athletic. A question for Lewis – it's non-F1. David Beckham's 50th birthday is tomorrow and the two of you probably stand as two of the biggest British sporting icons in the last 20 or 30 years. I know you guys have spoken in the past – what kind of chats have you had, and what sort of inspiration has he made on a sporting level for you?" Lewis: "That’s a curveball! Yeah, well, I mean David's a friend – someone I have a huge amount of respect for. Obviously growing up watching him – particularly as I was massively into soccer, football – so seeing his story, watching his career, watching his documentary that came out – which I thought was amazing. And just what he's been able to do, particularly after his active career, is something I’ve always kept an eye on. I joined his old management team many, many years ago with the goal of trying to do something similar – inspired by what he was able to do. So yeah." Journalist: "Tom Cary, The Telegraph. One for Lewis and George. Just to put to you the question about fatherhood – I know you’re not dads, but do you feel it could change Max as a person and as a driver? Do you have any hope that it might distract him?" Lewis: "I just wish him all the best. It's such an amazing, special thing. I spoke to him briefly in Saudi and saw how excited he was. Big congrats to him." Journalist: "Ian Parkes, Racing News 365) Lewis, given the break we've just had between the last race and here, how much of a deep dive were you able to conduct back at Maranello with Ferrari? And what, if any, answers were you able to come up with that will stand you in good stead going forward?" Lewis: "Yep, spent some good time in Italy. We went through a lot, did some good sim running. There are things that we’ve made adjustments to. We'll see how they work this weekend." Journalist: "Jenna Fryer, Associated Press) For all three of you – year four of Miami. I'm curious, what do you think this race does well and are there any things that could be improved upon? The previous three drivers said the traffic, so you can't say the traffic."

Lewis: "Things to improve on… can't really think." Journalist: "Some of the drivers have talked about some of the turns." Lewis: "Oh, they mean the track? Track-wise – I can't really think of anything off the top of my mind that needs to improve here. I think each year we come back, there's adjustments being made. I really haven't got – no, sorry." Journalist: "Phil Duncan, PA. Question for Lewis. Earlier when you spoke about joining Mercedes, you said the first six months were tough to get in tune with the people and the engineers and the environment. Are you expecting that sort of timeline at Ferrari? Or do you hope to be on top of it earlier? Or do you think it could be longer? What's your read on that, really?" Lewis: "I really don’t know. I generally don’t. We’re working as hard as we can to shorten that, but it could be longer. Who knows?" Journalist: "Adam Cooper, AdamcooperF1. Question for Lewis. You've talked a lot about adjusting to the car and the team adjusting the car to you. Has that process been made more difficult by the fact that you had three years of a sort of unpredictable ‘diva’ at Mercedes and you don’t have the best reference perhaps for the ground effect era?" Lewis: "I don’t think it’s anything to do with the past. No, I don’t think it’s anything to do with my past experiences." Journalist: "Mark Mann-Bryans, Autosport. Another one, Lewis. When you have people maybe questioning you or what's happening at the moment, do you use that as motivation, or is it something you just forget about straight away?" Lewis: "I just don’t really think about it. I try not to really focus on opinions of people that have no insight into actually what is going on – insights from individuals that have never been in my position. So yeah, I just keep my head down and try to continue to enjoy the work that I do with the people I work with." Journalist: "Graham Harris, Motorsport Monday) Question for all three of you – but George mainly. The GPDA is a formal body of the drivers, but you don’t seem to have a formal relationship with the FIA, with structured meetings where you can actually sit down and come out and say, 'we talked about this face to face.' You're resorting to open letters and that type of thing. Do you think that position should change?" Lewis: "I think ultimately the GPDA is very unified. I think we are working to… ultimately we want to be able to work closely with the FIA. I think everyone – all of us – want to work together and make the sport better. Of course, we’ve faced a bit of an uphill challenge in that communication over time. Ultimately, we don’t hold a power seat at the table, and that needs to change, in my opinion. If you look at other sports that have unions, that may be something that comes into play at some stage. As I said, we don’t want to control things – we just want to collaborate more and have our voices heard. Ultimately, if people are making decisions for others who have never been in that position, it’s good to have the point of view from the driver’s perspective, and that’s all we try to give."

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george russell is interviewed during the press conference on media day, miami - may 1, 2025 (transcript under the cut)

Interviewer: "Welcome back to Miami, everybody. Part two of our drivers press conference. Closest to me, Nico Hulkenberg, then George Russell and Lewis Hamilton." [time jump] Interviewer: "George, let's bring you in now. Three podiums from the opening five races. Is that a tally that matches with your pre-season expectation?" George: "No, I think it's probably better than our pre-season expectations, to be honest. The pace has fallen out where we thought; that step behind McLaren, and then a close fight with Red Bull and Ferrari. And we've been doing really well to get those podiums and we're nicely P2 in the teams championship, but I don't think it necessarily means we are the second fastest team. I think sort of on average we've been the third fastest team. We saw obviously Charles had a great race last week, and obviously Max also the last couple of races, but we've just been nicely consistent and picking up points." Interviewer: "Consistent, yes, but it looked like Saudi was the most difficult-" George: "Yep." Interviewer: "-of the races so far. Having had a chance to debrief with the team, what conclusions have you reached?" George: "I mean, tires were too hot, really, so that was a big problem, and I think just pushing a bit too hard to try and keep up with the front two. And Charles put in a really strong race and I was probably driving too quick for what the tires and the car was capable of, and then we dropped off a cliff. So not too sure how this weekend's going to pan out, because I think in terms of temperatures and the tires, it'll be relatively similar to Jeddah. So we'll have to wait and see, and see if any of the learnings we've taken from last week we can translate into a bit of performance. But I'm confident the quali pace will sort of be there or thereabouts, but it's the race pace, there's a bit more of a question mark." Interviewer: "Alright, George, thank you for that."

[QUESTIONS FROM THE FLOOR:] Journalist: "Yeah. Craig Slater, Sky Sports. Question for Georgee, actually, with your GPDA hat on: President Mohammed Ben Sulayem has said that after constructive feedback with drivers, he's looking at making improvements to the rules that govern driver conduct issues and so on. Just wanted to know, do you think that's a very positive step, George." George: "Yeah, I mean, conceptually, yes. But obviously we want to see these things put into action, rather than saying 'we're considering things.' We all consider a lot of things. We're clear we want changes, and once they are implemented, then we'll comment on it. But for the time being, it's being considered, so the words don't mean anything until the change has been made." [NOT SHOWN:]

Journalist: "Tom Cary, The Telegraph. One for Lewis and George. Just to put to you the question about fatherhood – I know you’re not dads, but do you feel it could change Max as a person and as a driver? Do you have any hope that it might distract him?" George: "Yeah, I think we’re all professionals, but this is a personal part of your life. I guess for anyone who's had a kid, it’s a pretty special moment. So yeah, all the best to him. As Nico says, I think for many people it probably brings things to your life. I know what it's like when I see my nieces and nephews – they're not my kids, but they bring me so much joy when I spend time with them. And you've seen drivers in the past win championships and races who’ve got kids, so I don't see it changing anything on his professional level."

Journalist: "Molly Hudson, The Times. A question for George: Just following up on Craig's question from earlier. The President’s Instagram post mentioned constructive dialogue. Have you actually had any dialogue with the President? Because I think after the open letter you said there hadn’t been a response. So did it come as new news to you reading it on Instagram?" George: "I mean, in short, yes. I mean, collectively we've not spoken any further since the open letter that was sent out. So whether that is the response – I'm not too sure. As I said, it’ll be great if changes were made and the drivers were at least heard. I think it's just in the best interest for the sport and ensuring that some common sense is applied to these situations. As I said, I think all of us, we can comment on it when we see the action being taken rather than just the consideration."

Journalist: "Jon Noble, The Race. George, another one. You’re one of the few drivers who've raced with the cooling vest this year. But some drivers want to race with it but can't because it adds too much weight onto their car. If it’s not declared from the GPDA’s perspective, does something need to be done to ensure everyone’s operating on the same playing field on this? Because obviously not all cars weigh the same without ballast." George: "Yeah. I mean, I feel fortunate that I’ve had the chance to run with the cooling vest. It’s not perfect yet, but it’s definitely an improvement, I feel. Every car is also different – I think every cockpit runs at different temperatures. I know we've seen our cockpit getting up to 60 degrees before, and I think the heat hazard is at 31 degrees, I believe, or 30. But when you compound that with the sunlight and the temperature of the cockpit, it is like a sauna in the race car. So yeah, I don’t know. We've not collectively spoken about it, and not everybody's in favour to run it – which is also fine. Somebody made the point recently – like football players on a cold day, some people are wearing gloves, some people have got short sleeve shirts on – and that should be the driver’s choice. Maybe the heat hazard should be reduced slightly because we've not yet gone over it. Saudi was hot, Bahrain was hot, here – maybe it could be adjusted by a few degrees."

Journalist: "Jenna Fryer, Associated Press. Some of the drivers have talked about some of the turns." George: "Yeah. I mean, I enjoy coming to Miami. It’s a crazy race. The circuit is quirky. That tight section – we don’t love it, but it's different. You know, the same like in Baku – we don’t love the castle section, it’s so tight and very challenging, but you don’t want every circuit to be the same either. It’s an amazing race. It's improving every year. Things are looking better as well – driving to the paddock, it looks pretty cool. And where all of the team garages are set up inside the stadium – they’re the experts, we just drive the cars. It should stay like that."

Journalist: "Graham Harris, Motorsport Monday. Question for all three of you – but George mainly. The GPDA is a formal body of the drivers, but you don’t seem to have a formal relationship with the FIA, with structured meetings where you can actually sit down and come out and say, "we talked about this face to face." You're resorting to open letters and that type of thing. Do you think that position should change?" George: "I mean, it’s… I feel it's like unprecedented times we’ve been in over the last 18 months with what’s been changed and what’s happening. I think when the GPDA was founded years ago, it wasn’t really to talk about politics – it was to talk about safety, improvements of the sport, improvements of the racing. Especially myself – I find myself talking about topics that I didn’t really have any intention of talking about. But we find ourselves in a time where we're not focused on the things why we’re all here. We're here to go racing, we’re here to create the best show for the fans, to have the fastest cars, the safest cars, the best technology, the best engineering – and yet we talk about fines and punishments and swearing. So yeah, maybe something should change. We're open to it, but we just ultimately want the best for the sport."

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