By Kieran King

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Lewis Hamilton has sent another report to Ferrari bosses to reinforce his calls for changes to the team’s methods and procedures. The seven-time world champion has endured a tough start to life at Ferrari following his lucrative move from Mercedes last winter. Hamilton, 40, is yet to finish on the podium with his new team and is sixth in the drivers’ standings ahead of this weekend’s United States Grand Prix, trailing teammate Charles Leclerc by 48 points. He confirmed at the Belgium Grand Prix in July that he has been sending a series of “documents” to Ferrari across the season in a bid to change his fortunes and improve following a difficult first season. It was reported back in August that Hamilton’s letters relate to proposed changes to the car and the team’s working methods, including the communication between different departments on race weekends. Now, according to Italian publication Corriere della Sera , Hamilton has sent another document to the ‘top management’ at Ferrari as he tries to stress the need for changes across the entire team. It’s added that Hamilton ‘expected to have more influence’ on decisions at Ferrari, but he has ‘instead found himself faced with a series of unheard requests and having to battle against internal politics’. Hamilton’s situation at Ferrari has been likened to that of four-time world champion Sebastian Vettel, who struggled to force a change during his spell at the team between 2015 and 2020. In fact, Hamilton sought the advice of Vettel in January before starting work at Ferrari. Hamilton called Vettel over the phone to help him prepare for his new team and ‘compare notes’ with his fellow world champion. After queuing in the pit lane during qualifying at the Singapore Grand Prix earlier this month, Hamilton pointed to an area of improvement for Ferrari, claiming that he and Leclerc had lost significant tyre temperature. Indeed, that resulted in the Ferrari drivers pushing the tyre too hard on the outlap to regain tyre temperature and then underachieving on their flying laps. “Every time we do that, we’re just falling further and further back. It happens every weekend,” Hamilton said. “It has [affected us all season], but I don’t know whether or not they [Ferrari] see it so much. We’re losing so much temperature – maybe five [or] six degrees, whatever it is. “It’s still a lot of temperature and it’s really hard to gain that back in the outlap without using the tyre so much, which we ultimately do. “I think the guys that are on pole, they went out [on track] quicker with less waiting in the pit lane. I think that’s an area we can improve on, for sure.”