Lewis Hamilton said Ferrari's US GP showed there's more to unlock from the SF-25 after he and Charles Leclerc finished P3 and P4

Lewis Hamilton will be replaced by a Ferrari protege as the team announced a change for the Mexican Grand Prix ahead of this weekend's race

While he did win the sprint in China, Hamilton’s wait for a Ferrari podium continues with the Briton recording four P4 finishes so far this year. With five possible opportunities left, Hamilton said his goal for the rest of the year is to crack the top three and also help Ferrari finish ahead of Mercedes in the Constructors’ Championship.

Ferrari's Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc qualified only eighth and tenth for the United States Grand Prix sprint race

Lewis Hamilton pledged “I’ll keep trying” after falling one place short of scoring his first podium as a Ferrari driver. The seven-time world champion finished fourth at the Circuit of the Americas, fending off a charging Oscar Piastri on the final lap.

Lewis Hamilton is set to sit out the first practice session at this weekend’s Mexican Grand Prix with Ferrari announcing that Antonio Fuoco will drive in FP1. It will mark Fuoco’s first appearance on an official F1 race weekend more than a decade after the Italian carried out his maiden Formula 1 test with Ferrari.

Hamilton joked that Vasseur “still wears the same clothes” and is “exactly the same as he was” when they first met 20 years ago. He too welcomes that Vasseur is a “straight shooter” and has laser-focused on finding improvements. “He’s all about car performance.”

The seven-time world champ has rewritten the F1 record books again, but it comes amid his ongoing podium struggles with Ferrari this season.