F1 News Today: Ferrari chief issues brutal statement as F1 champion retires

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F1 News Today: Ferrari chief issues brutal statement as F1 champion retires

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Sam Cook Digital Journalist

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Wednesday 12 November 2025 15:20 Updated: 15:27

Ferrari F1 chairman John Elkann has told Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc to 'talk less' after a nightmare Brazilian Grand Prix for the team.

With a maximum of 58 points available to teams in Brazil due to it being a sprint weekend, Ferrari only scored six, and have now been overtaken by both Red Bull and Mercedes in the constructors' championship.

That has led to Elkann issuing an extraordinary statement on his two drivers.

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Jenson Button claps back at John Elkann for attack on Lewis Hamilton

F1 world champion Jenson Button has clapped back at Ferrari chairman John Elkann following his brutal attack on Lewis Hamilton and Ferrari team-mate Charles Leclerc.

The 49-year-old Elkann was furious after the Scuderia laid another egg in Brazil on Sunday, with both of their cars failing to finish the Sao Paulo Grand Prix.

Elkann’s response on Monday saw the red mist descend on Maranello as he told reporters that his superstars needed to focus on driving, and “talk less”.

2009 world champion Button - who retired from motorsport at the weekend after a glittering career - summed up the prevailing feelings in one very simple message.

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Charles Leclerc's Ferrari statement - five words tell you all you need to know

Ferrari F1 star Charles Leclerc has issued a statement via social media about the team's pursuit for second in the constructors' championship, following a damning verdict from Ferrari chairman John Elkann.

Elkann told Leclerc and his seven-time world champion team-mate Lewis Hamilton that they need to 'talk less' and focus on their driving in order to help the team claim that second spot.

And it seems Leclerc has directly refrenced that in his recent social media post, calling for 'unity'.

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Hamilton hits back at Ferrari chief Elkann - 'Not now, not then, not ever'

Charles Leclerc is not the only one to respond...

F1 champion Lewis Hamilton has made a public statement following a dressing down from Ferrari chairman John Elkann in the media mentioned above.

Hamilton does not appear to have taken kindly to being told to 'talk less', as both he and Leclerc have presented a united front, alongside team principal Fred Vasseur.

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Charles Leclerc disagrees with FIA stewards over controversial F1 penalty

Ferrari F1 star Charles Leclerc has disagreed with FIA race stewards after a controversial incident at the Brazilian Grand Prix.

Following a safety car restart on lap six, Oscar Piastri and Mercedes' Kimi Antonelli made contact, inadvertently knocking into Leclerc and ending his participation in the race when it looked as though he might be able to challenge for second place.

Leclerc has now given his verdict on the incident, and it may surprise some people.

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Lewis Hamilton: Driving for Ferrari is a 'nightmare'

Seven-time F1 world champion Lewis Hamilton has brutally described his first season at Ferrari as a 'nightmare'.

Hamilton suffered yet another dismal weekend at the Brazilian Grand Prix, picking up just two points from a maximum of 33 available across the sprint event.

He has not had the best of first seasons at the Maranello-based outfit, and is a once again a bit downbeat about the whole experience.

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F1 Penalty Points: Oscar Piastri correction issued as star edges closer to race ban

There were plenty of penalty points handed out by FIA race stewards this weekend, with several drivers edging closer to a ban, as an official document initially gave McLaren star Oscar Piastri more than he had earned.

Following a tumultuous Brazilian Grand Prix weekend for Piastri in which he crashed out of the sprint race and only finished fifth in the grand prix, the Australian was revealed to be on eight penalty points for the 12-month period, before a later statement from the FIA corrected that, and confirmed that he was in fact on six.

The confusion came from the fact that Piastri was handed two extra penalty points this weekend for causing a collision with Mercedes’ Kimi Antonelli on lap six, which landed him a 10-second time penalty.

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Sam Cook - Digital Journalist

Sam Cook is a talented young sports journalist and social media professional who now specialises in Formula 1, having previously worked as a football journalist and a local news reporter for a variety of different brands.

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