Lewis Hamilton Pauses Ferrari Simulator Use Before Canadian GP

Overview

• Hamilton said he will skip Ferrari’s simulator before Montreal and will keep joining factory meetings to plan setups.
• He explained that Miami prep on the sim led him down the wrong path because the car felt different on track than it did virtually.
• The sprint format in Miami left only one short practice, which he said made it hard to abandon the sim-derived baseline once the weekend began.
• He pointed to China as his best weekend this year and noted he did no simulator work before that race.
• Ferrari introduced 11 updates in Miami that did not deliver as hoped, with McLaren looking closer to Mercedes as Hamilton’s race was also hampered by first‑lap damage.