Lewis Hamilton says he is going to be in Formula 1 for quite some time

Hamilton joined Ferrari in 2025 from Mercedes, but his start to life in Red has been far from ideal as he has struggled alongside Charles Leclerc, who has comprehensively trounced him so far.

However, the seven-time F1 Champion has a better start in 2026, closer to Leclerc, taking fourth in Melbourne and standing on the podium in China, only for him to struggle again in Japan and Miami.

With much talk about his future and the suggestions that he may be on his way out of F1, Hamilton responded to these claims in Canada; he said: "I’m still in contract, so everything is 100% clear to me. I’m still focused, I’m still motivated, I still love what I do with all my heart.

“I’m going to be here for quite some time, so get used to it. There’s a lot of people that are trying to retire me, and that’s not even in my thoughts.

"I’m already thinking of what will be next and planning for the next five years. I still plan to be here for some time," he maintained.

Adjusting to life at Maranello was a huge challenge for Hamilton, who spent his F1 career racing in a Mercedes environment, both with McLaren and at the German marque's works F1 team.

Hamilton has a new race engineer in 2026 after he and former race engineer Riccardo Adami failed to click, but he insists he is still working on his relationship with the team.

He explained: “I’m always trying to learn how I can be a better colleague, a better teammate to the people around me, how I can extract more from myself but also from the groups I get to work with.

“Teamwork really does make the dream work—it's a real thing. When you have a huge group of people, there are so many different energies, and you have to be quite dynamic to integrate into those different sections.

“I feel like I’m in a good place with my team. There’s always going to be teething issues and stuff that you have to work on, but I’m really happy," Hamilton concluded. (Reporting by Agnes Carlier)