{
  "id": 14125026,
  "title": "Button disputes claim that Hamilton has 'lost trust' in Ferrari after Singapore blunder",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/button-disputes-claim-that-hamilton-has-lost-trust-in-ferrari-after",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-13T05:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Yahoo Sports",
    "slug": "yahoo-sports",
    "url": "https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/button-disputes-claim-hamilton-lost-050000706.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Jenson Button has challenged the assertion that Lewis Hamilton has lost confidence in Ferrari following the Singapore Grand Prix incident. Hamilton has previously expressed dissatisfaction with Ferrari's strategic decisions, notably declining to follow team orders at the Dutch Grand Prix to pass his teammate Charles Leclerc. During post-race commentary on Sky Sports F1, Naomi Schiff suggested that Hamilton appears to lack trust in Ferrari's decision-making abilities. She stated that \"I’m not that surprised, I think they've sort of lost trust with each other on making the right decisions in certain circumstances.\" Button disagreed with this interpretation, asserting that Hamilton simply wanted to race ahead of Leclerc and did not wish to sit behind him for the remainder of the race. He explained, \"I think he just wanted to make his call on the race, and he thought it was the right one. He didn't want to be sat behind his teammate for the rest of the race, basically. He wanted to give it a go, and he knew his pace was there when he was on the soft tyre.\" Ferrari team principal Fred Vasseur defended the team's strategy, clarifying that both drivers were instructed to pit during a Virtual Safety Car period, but Hamilton chose to remain on track. Vasseur countered the notion of a strategic mistake, affirming that both drivers were called in. He stated, \"We called two cars. Guys, you pit behind the VSC. One of my guys said, no, I prefer to stay on track. He said, I missed the pit entry. Don't blame the team.\"",
  "summary": "Jenson Button has disputed claims that Lewis Hamilton has 'lost trust' in Ferrari after his decision not to pit at the Singapore Grand Prix. Hamilton has been unhappy with Ferrari's strategy calls several times this season, notably not implementing team orders at the Dutch Grand Prix to allow him to pass teammate Charles Leclerc.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}