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Lewis Hamilton & Carlo Santi

A stopgap that became the job: Räikkönen’s old engineer took over for 2026 and helped Hamilton to his first Ferrari win.

New for 2026[1][2]1 seasonNew in 2026

Lewis Hamilton’s driver profile →

Results

Together

New for 2026. Grand Prix starts only.

Starts

17

Wins

1

Podiums

6

Poles

2

Points

202

2026 season

Championship position and points include sprints.

Position

P3

Points

229

Wins

1

Podiums

6

Poles

2

Driver career

Since 2007, with every team and engineer.

Starts

397

Wins

106

Podiums

208

Poles

119

Titles

7

Up to round 17, Singapore Grand Prix (2026-10-11).[3]

Milestones together

  • First win together, and Hamilton’s first for Ferrari, at the 2026 Barcelona-Catalunya Grand Prix.[4][5]

On the radio

Barcelona-Catalunya Grand Prix, 2026 · Leading in the final stint of Hamilton’s first Ferrari win.

SantiAnd we are planning another seven laps on this set. This is our race, give everything this seven laps. It’s the critical moment, we have our chance.

HamiltonShould I back off?

SantiFifteen laps to go. You are doing a good job, so you can go on.

Transcript as published[6]

Race engineer

Carlo Santi

Italian

Ferrari's head of remote engineering and Lewis Hamilton's race engineer.[4][5]

Education

Mechanical engineering (vehicle engineering and dynamics), Politecnico di Milano.[4]

Career

  1. Early careerFIAT Research Centre, Turin, then vehicle modelling at Ferrari on its first driver-in-the-loop simulator.[4]
  2. 2016–17Kimi Räikkönen’s performance engineer.[5][4]
  3. 2018Räikkönen’s race engineer, including his final win at the 2018 United States Grand Prix.[5]
  4. 2019–25Led Ferrari’s "remote garage", supporting race weekends from Maranello.[5][4]
  5. 2026–Stepped in as Hamilton’s race engineer on an initially temporary basis after Riccardo Adami moved to the Ferrari Driver Academy.[2][1]

Previously engineered

Kimi Räikkönen

Also

  • Born in Verona; 52 years old in 2026.[5]
  • Hamilton calls him "my Italian Bono".[5][2]

Performance engineer

Not publicly confirmed

Ferrari hired ex-McLaren engineer Cedric Michel-Grosjean as Hamilton’s intended long-term race engineer, supported by Santi; seven months in, he had not taken over.[7][8]

Engineering lead at Ferrari

Matteo Togninalli

Head of track engineering[9]

Sources

  1. Formula 1: Hamilton to get new race engineer for 2026 season as Adami moves to Ferrari Academy role
  2. RacingNews365: Lewis Hamilton has found 'Italian Bono' at Ferrari in resurgent 2026
  3. Jolpica-F1: Ergast-compatible F1 results API
  4. Wikipedia: Carlo SantiWikipedia
  5. Formula 1: 'My Italian Bono' – who is Carlo Santi?
  6. PlanetF1: Lewis Hamilton Ferrari Barcelona Grand Prix 2026 team radio
  7. Motorsport.com: Why Lewis Hamilton now has everything in the right place at Ferrari
  8. GPFans: Why Cedric Michel-Grosjean is still not Hamilton's race engineer seven months on
  9. Ferrari: Matteo Togninalli, Head of Track Engineering

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