霍纳称法拉利是唯一能吸引他回归的车队 汉密尔顿力挺瓦塞尔
克里斯蒂安·霍纳在《泰晤士报》采访中表示，法拉利是唯一能吸引他重返F1传统岗位的车队，而围绕马拉内罗的猜测升温之际，刘易斯·汉密尔顿选择支持领队弗雷德·瓦塞尔。
昨晚谁睡得最差：刘易斯·汉密尔顿
克里斯蒂安·霍纳表示，法拉利是唯一能吸引他重返一级方程式传统职位的车队，而随着围绕马拉内罗的猜测不断升温，刘易斯·汉密尔顿则表示支持弗雷德·瓦塞尔。
如果有人在2021年阿布扎比站时预测，几年后刘易斯·汉密尔顿会在法拉利车队、并在领队克里斯蒂安·霍纳手下参加一级方程式比赛，恐怕很少有人会认真对待这种说法。不过即便到了2026年巴库站，也几乎没有迹象表明这一局面正在具体成形。
霍纳最近接受《泰晤士报》采访时表示，他完全负担得起一辈子不再工作。然而，他仍然有再回一级方程式闯一闯的冲动。
新的情况——也是在巴库比赛周末登上头条的——是，他不一定会仅仅以投资者的身份回归。霍纳表示，有一支车队可以让他破例，甚至重新以传统意义上的雇员身份回归，那就是法拉利。
让霍纳这样的人成为汉密尔顿的老板，这一前景目前纯属理论上的设想，但鉴于两人的过往，将会制造一种非同寻常的关系。尽管在这个阶段，这种猜测很可能并没有多少实质内容。
这位长期担任红牛车队领队的人即将为他的新书《驾驶》（Drive）展开宣传活动，而几条把他与法拉利联系在一起的高关注度报道，是让他的名字保持热度的好办法。无论法拉利是否有兴趣雇用他，这既能卖书，也能卖票。
至于汉密尔顿本人，他显然对此并不感兴趣。
当天空体育记者克雷格·斯莱特周六晚上在巴库指出霍纳实际上已经举手表态、把自己列为法拉利的候选人，并询问汉密尔顿是否仍然相信车队在瓦塞尔的带领下走在正确的道路上时，得到的回答简短而毫不含糊：“是的。”
事实上，法拉利过去曾多次与霍纳接触。据报道，2010年，当时的想法是把他从米尔顿凯恩斯挖到马拉内罗，作为与阿德里安·纽维打包交易的一部分。而他接受《泰晤士报》采访时精心措辞的表述，显然表明如果法拉利真的决定按下恐慌按钮、解除瓦塞尔的合同，他会非常有兴趣接手。
据天空德国台评论员蒂莫·格洛克所说，他认为这些言论让瓦塞尔陷入了一个不必要的尴尬境地：“瓦塞尔把法拉利带回到了如今的位置。他为车队带来了结构和秩序。现在换掉他、开启下一波动荡，从战略角度来说，对法拉利而言是完全错误的。”
即使法拉利真的在考虑解雇瓦塞尔，为什么偏偏要把缰绳交给霍纳这样的人呢？
这位52岁的人想必会花费一笔不菲的资金——至少按受薪工作的标准来看是这样——而且他也无法提供任何成功的保证。此外，在红牛最后几年期间针对他的指控之后，霍纳仍然是一个有争议的人物。2025年初，在F1赛季启动仪式上，他在O2体育馆迎接他的嘘声表明，他在一些车迷中仍然是一个两极分化的人物。
瓦塞尔明确表示，这些猜测正在成为一种干扰：“霍纳先生正在找工作。这一点人人都知道。到处都知道。”他还说：“在这种情绪和这种氛围下工作并不容易，一天25次被问到同样的问题。对我、对车队的每个人来说，这都是一种不安宁。”
这正是瓦塞尔和法拉利现在应该得到的东西。法拉利领导层公开重申对瓦塞尔的支持，很可能会减少这些猜测。也许约翰·埃尔坎最好给《米兰体育报》打个电话澄清事实；那样就能很快给这个令人厌烦的霍纳话题画上句号。
无论如何，我不认为汉密尔顿目前会因为霍纳而失眠。他有足够多的其他原因让他睡不着。
无论还有什么微乎其微的可能性，能在2026年以某种方式成为世界冠军，如今这基本只剩下数学上的可能了。虽然法拉利也许可以在空气动力学方面，用不了太久就打造出一级方程式最好的赛车，但在动力单元方面缩小与梅赛德斯的差距可能需要更长时间。就连瓦塞尔本人也承认这一点。
而且对汉密尔顿来说，很多事情都在朝着好的方向发展。
在巴塞罗那，他证明了自己即使已年过四十，依然有能力赢得大奖赛。他在车手总冠军积分榜上排名第三，比队友勒克莱尔整整高出20分，后者排名第五。他在2026年的表现回应了2025赛季之后所遭受的一些批评。
然而，在采访中，尽管成绩有所改善，他的公开言论却常常依然带着失落。
夏尔·勒克莱尔，法拉利；刘易斯·汉密尔顿，法拉利
这种模式一周又一周地重复着：比赛期间，汉密尔顿通过车队电台传递的信息完全可以被合理地理解为带着火气。随后，在电视机镜头前，他会花上好几分钟谈论所有出问题的地方，然后几乎是顺带补一句，说法拉利内部一切都非常正常。
然后，一周之后，在下一站大奖赛的媒体日，他会纳闷那些记者怎么可能把他误解得如此严重。
在巴库之后，他抱怨法拉利缺乏极速，提到起步不佳——赛季初法拉利在这方面的表现本来有所进步——并说车队不能自欺欺人，还指出迈凯伦和红牛取得了更大的进展。他说，这 simply 就是一场“相当糟糕的”比赛。除此之外，他还无法让轮胎进入工作温度。早在周六，他就抱怨过“这些愚蠢的轮胎”，称它们“真是让人头疼”：“我们得把一些好轮胎带回来。”
也许只是我的感觉——但不知为何，汉密尔顿和法拉利目前还谈不上是赛车运动中最伟大的爱情故事之一。
毫无疑问，汉密尔顿是一级方程式历史上最成功的车手之一。
汉密尔顿还会再有一个世界冠军吗？法拉利能给他一个冲击第八冠的现实机会吗？我仍然持怀疑态度。
英文原文
Who slept worst last night: Lewis Hamilton
Christian Horner says Ferrari is the one team that could tempt him back into a traditional F1 role, but Lewis Hamilton has backed Fred Vasseur as speculation builds around Maranello
Had anyone predicted in Abu Dhabi in 2021 that, a few years later, Lewis Hamilton would be racing in Formula 1 for Ferrari under team principal Christian Horner, few would have taken that suggestion seriously. Even as of Baku 2026, though, there is little evidence that such a scenario is taking concrete shape.
In a recent interview Horner gave to The Times, he said he can comfortably afford never to work another day in his life. And yet, he still feels the urge to give Formula 1 another go.
What is new — and what generated headlines during the Baku weekend — is that he would not necessarily return only as an investor. There is one team, Horner said, for which he would make an exception and even go back to being, in the traditional sense, an employee: Ferrari.
The prospect, purely theoretical for now, of having Horner, of all people, installed as his boss would create an unusual dynamic for Hamilton given their history. Even if, at this stage, there is probably little substance to the speculation.
The long-time Red Bull team principal is about to embark on a promotional tour for his new book, Drive, and a few high-profile stories linking him with Ferrari are a useful way of keeping his name in the conversation. It sells books and it sells tickets, regardless of Ferrari's interest in hiring him.
Hamilton, for his part, certainly does not appear to be interested.
When Sky Sports reporter Craig Slater pointed out on Saturday evening in Baku that Horner had effectively raised his hand and put himself in the frame for Ferrari, and asked Hamilton whether he still believed the team was on the right path under Vasseur, the answer was brief, but unequivocal: "Yes."
The fact is that Ferrari has been in contact with Horner on several occasions in the past. In 2010, the idea was reportedly to lure him from Milton Keynes to Maranello as part of a package deal with Adrian Newey. And the carefully chosen wording of his The Times interview certainly suggests that he would clearly be interested should Ferrari ever decide to push the panic button and release Vasseur from his contract.
According to Sky Germany pundit Timo Glock, he believes the comments have put Vasseur in an unnecessarily awkward position: "Vasseur has brought Ferrari back to where they are now. He has brought structure and order into the team. To replace him now and start the next wave of upheaval would, strategically speaking, be completely wrong from Ferrari's point of view."
Even if Ferrari really were contemplating getting rid of Vasseur, why hand the reins to Horner of all people?
The 52-year-old would presumably cost a small fortune — at least by the standards of salaried employment — and he could hardly offer any guarantee of success either. Horner also remains a divisive figure following the allegations made against him during his final years at Red Bull. The boos that greeted him at the O2 Arena during Formula 1's season-launch show in early 2025 showed that he remained a polarising figure among some fans.
Vasseur has made clear that the speculation is becoming a distraction: "Mr Horner is looking for a job. That everybody knows. Everywhere." And: "It's not easy to work with this mood and this atmosphere and to have 25 times a day the same question. For me, for everybody in the team, it's a lack of serenity."
That is exactly what Vasseur and Ferrari should be given now. A public reaffirmation of Vasseur from Ferrari leadership would likely reduce the speculation. Perhaps John Elkann would be well advised to pick up the phone to La Gazzetta dello Sport to set the record straight; that would put a lid on this tiresome Horner story rather quickly.
I don't believe Hamilton is currently losing any sleep over Horner, anyway. There are enough other reasons for that.
Whatever slim chance remained of somehow becoming world champion in 2026 is now largely mathematical. And while Ferrari may conceivably be capable, on the aerodynamic side, of building Formula 1's best car before too long, closing the gap to Mercedes in the power unit department will probably take longer. Even Vasseur himself admits as much.
And plenty of things are going well for Hamilton.
In Barcelona, he proved that even on the other side of 40 he is still capable of winning grands prix. He sits third in the world championship, exactly 20 points ahead of his team-mate Charles Leclerc in fifth. His 2026 form has answered some of the criticism that followed his 2025 season.
And yet, in interviews, his public comments have nevertheless often remained frustrated despite the improved results.
Charles Leclerc, Ferrari, Lewis Hamilton, Ferrari
The pattern repeats itself from week to week: during races, Hamilton delivers radio messages that could quite reasonably be interpreted as irritated. Later, in front of TV cameras, he spends minutes talking about everything that went wrong, before adding almost as an afterthought that everything inside Ferrari is perfectly fine.
Then, one week later, at the next grand prix media day, he wonders how those journalists could possibly have misunderstood him so badly.
After Baku, he complained about Ferrari's lack of top speed, mentioned a poor start — something Ferrari had been performing better in at the beginning of the season — saying the team must not lie to itself, and pointed out that McLaren and Red Bull had made greater progress. It had simply been "a pretty bad" race, he said. And on top of everything else, he could not get the tyres up to temperature. Already on Saturday, he had complained about "these stupid tyres", calling them "such a pain in the arse": "We've got to bring back some good tyres."
Maybe it's just me - but somehow, Hamilton and Ferrari does not yet feel like one of motorsport's great love stories.
Hamilton, there can be no question, is one of Formula 1's most successful drivers.
Will there be another championship for Hamilton? Can Ferrari give him a realistic chance of an eighth title? I remain sceptical.
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