Reports say Lewis Hamilton will work with Angela Cullen at Ferrari (Image: Getty)
will be hoping to rediscover his winning form at Ferrari after settling into his new Maranello home, with the return of Angela Cullen likely to provide a major boost to his fortunes.
The 40-year-old begun a new era with the Scuderia , dressing in an iconic black overcoat .
He will spend the coming days becoming more familiar with his new team members and getting to grips with an entirely new car after 12 years with , although not all of his colleagues will be new faces.
Cullen, Hamilton’s close friend and former trainer, is – joining his Project 44 company as a team physio.
Hamilton linked up with Cullen at ahead of the 2016 season and she became an important figure in his close circle, with the New Zealand native having a positive impact on his performances.
“People for sure won’t understand it, naturally, because they see it from a distance,” Hamilton said in 2020. “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.”
Their reconciliation should be no surprise, given how Hamilton has spoken about his trusted trainer in such glowing terms previously.
Lewis Hamilton arrived for work at Ferrari’s base in Maranello (Image: Getty)
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He added: “She’s focused, selfless, and she makes my weekends peaceful.
“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.”
Lewis Hamilton and Angela Cullen shared a close working relationship at Mercedes (Image: Getty)
The seven-time world champion won four consecutive titles in a row between 2017 and 2020, before losing out on a record eighth title in the highly controversial Abu Dhabi showdown to back in 2021.
After struggling to find performance over the course of the next two seasons on the track, Hamilton and Cullen amicably decided to conclude their seven-year working partnership. However, it appears the pair have agreed to reunite.
It remains to be seen whether Cullen will continue to work with Indycar driver Marcus Armstrong or make a clean break to join Hamilton’s team, which is run by Marc Hynes.
But it can only be a positive boost for Hamilton, who is set to drive a F1 car for the first time this week at the team’s Fiorano test track.