As Lewis Hamilton’s struggles at Ferrari continued in Montreal, Fernando Alonso says it’s “difficult” to pinpoint the issue given no one outside of the team actually knows the truth. Hamilton joined Ferrari at the start of the F1 2025 championship in a fairytale storyline: F1’s most successful driver racing for the sport’s longest-serving team to chase a piece of Formula 1 history.

Welcome to the 200th edition of Prime Tire, where we’re excited to announce that, in celebration, we’re going to see if we can write 200 thoughts about F1 in this newsletter. Buckle up. Apologies to my editors.