Hamilton to reunite with former trainer Angela Cullen as his Ferrari journey begins

Seven-time World Champion Lewis Hamilton will reunite with his former trainer Angela Cullen as he begins his next chapter in Formula 1 with Ferrari.

Hamilton linked up with Cullen ahead of the 2016 season while at Mercedes, with the Briton hailing the positive impact the New Zealander had on his performances.

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They went their separate ways ahead of 2023, after seven years working together, but it has emerged they will resume what had been a formidable partnership.

Sources say Cullen has joined Hamilton’s Project 44 company, which Hamilton created to assist with his new era at Ferrari and other business interests, as team physio.

She will form part of the 40-year-old’s performance team, overseen by Marc Hynes – who resumed his partnership with Hamilton last year, having previously worked with the former Mercedes driver between 2016 and 2021.

Cullen – who had been working with Marcus Armstrong in Indycar – will attend the races alongside Hamilton.

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Speaking in 2020, Hamilton said of Cullen: “People for sure won’t understand it, naturally, because they see it from a distance, but she has been one of the greatest things that’s happened to me in my life.

“I’ve been fortunate to work with a lot of people… and she’s the single hardest-working woman that I get to be around.

“She’s focused, selfless, and she makes my weekends peaceful,” Hamilton added. “Every day I wake up, whatever time it is, she’s just positive – never a single day has she been negative, so that’s very, very important.

“I think it’s important in life to put positive people around you. You can’t be going around with deadweights, you can’t be going around with people who don’t inspire you to be better and lift you up when you’re down. You need to be around people who can do that for you, and she’s one of them.”

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The news comes in the week Hamilton began his new life at Ferrari, the Briton appearing at the squad’s Italian headquarters in Maranello for the first time on Monday.

Hamilton will spend the coming days and weeks integrating with his new team, clocking up miles in the simulator and getting his hands on Ferrari Formula 1 machinery for the first time as he prepares for his debut alongside Charles Leclerc.