Ferrari will keep Lewis Hamilton for the 2027 season, with Fred Vasseur answering the contract question in one word: yes. The decision locks in a driver who looked spent a year earlier and now looks central to Ferrari's plans.
That is why the news is landing now. RacingNews365 readers backed the move by 97.6% to 2.4%, a lopsided verdict that mirrors Hamilton's own turnaround. He finished sixth in the standings in 2025 with 156 points, zero grand prix podiums and an 86-point deficit to Charles Leclerc, then reached the halfway mark of 2026 third in the drivers' championship on 147 points, ahead of Leclerc, with five podiums from nine races and points at every round.
Hamilton's Barcelona win in 2026 explains the shift as much as the numbers do. After that triumph, he said he would not be in this team without Vasseur and added that Vasseur was the one who made it happen, a nod to the internal changes behind the rebound. Ferrari was not asked to bet on a promise. It was asked to judge a season that had already turned.
That is what makes the 2027 call harder than the polling suggests. Hamilton's 2025 season was his weakest statistically, yet Ferrari is still committing to him after watching him recover form, score in every round and move ahead of Leclerc halfway through 2026. The team has already settled its pairing for 2027, which leaves one question more interesting than the contract itself: whether the changes Hamilton credits Vasseur for can keep working once the pressure of a full title fight returns.
For now, Ferrari has chosen stability over doubt, and Hamilton has turned a difficult year into a reason to stay rather than a reason to leave.
