Nico Rosberg comments on recent rumours of a structural change for Ferrari

The Scuderia Ferrari F1 Team is currently struggling to perform on track. The former dominance of the Italian F1 team is now a distant memory, with Nico Rosberg commenting on the team’s current performance.

Neither Charles Leclerc nor Lewis Hamilton has managed to win a Grand Prix in the 2025 season. Speaking with the media, Nico Rosberg shared his thoughts on the matter and a rumour of a geographical change.

Is Ferrari up to the level of a UK-based team?

Nico Rosberg highlighted the operational challenges Ferrari faces compared to other top-performing British teams.

The team has suffered from inconsistency throughout the first ten rounds of the campaign, and the ex-F1 driver was confident that it lies in its structure.

“So I’ve seen a little bit of inner workings there at Ferrari, and you can see that the level of excellence that they’re at is not comparable to the British teams,” he explained .

“and especially to someone like Mercedes, in many areas, whether it goes from marketing, to other areas.”

Rosberg remained confident that even the issue of their location seemed to be working against them.

“So you can just see there, the whole culture, the fact that they’re in Italy, it makes it a lot more difficult to them.”

Currently, only Ferrari and Sauber are non-UK-based F1 teams. Sauber is already in the process of a UK-based operation, as they’ll become Audi in the upcoming season.

As a response to these challenges, Ferrari is rumoured to be planning a UK-based operation. Rosberg claimed the idea has been circulating internally as the team is trying to evolve. 

“There’s a couple of ideas that I heard going round. I think Ferrari has been exploring to perhaps open a kind of subsidiary in the UK, because that’s where the F1 ecosystem is. 

“So I’ve heard rumours that they’re also thinking about opening a subsidiary there.”

Lewis Hamilton – Is Ferrari limiting his potential?

This season, former Mercedes driver and seven times world champion Lewis Hamilton made the switch to Ferrari. Unfortunately, Hamilton did not have the opportunity to perform up to his level with Ferrari. The differences between the teams made it difficult for the Briton to outperform his opponents.

“For example, at Mercedes, whenever Lewis had a thing, he would just go to Toto, and Toto would be able to make the decision, call the shot immediately, done.

“Whereas at Ferrari, there’s so many different decision-makers, and even Lewis doesn’t really know, ‘Okay, if I ask him, and he says yes and he does it, and the other guy still complains afterwards.’ It’s all a bit difficult there.”