Lewis Hamilton and Angela Cullen are reportedly working together again after the New Zealander was present alongside the seven-time world champion at his first visit to Ferrari’s Maranello facility.
Cullen joined Hamilton’s entourage in 2016 as a personal trainer, and while the Brit lost out to team-mate Nico Rosberg in the World Championship that year, she helped guide him back to glory the following year as Mercedes’ star man kickstarted a run of four consecutive titles.
The 50-year-old departed the F1 paddock in a mysterious fashion in 2023, but according to a report from the Daily Mail, Cullen has returned to Hamilton’s inner circle, moving to Fiorano to aid the seven-time world champion as he adapts to life at Ferrari.
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Hamilton has often cited Cullen as one of the leading contributors towards his on-track success, and her absence in 2024 corresponded with the 40-year-old’s worst F1 season to date, finishing seventh in the Drivers’ Championship standings.
“She’s the single hardest-working woman that I get to be around,” Hamilton explained previously. “She’s focused, selfless and 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. That’s very important.”
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Aside from the sacrifice of moving to Italy, Cullen will also need to give up her role working with IndyCar starlet Marcus Armstrong, who enjoyed a strong sophomore campaign with Chip Ganassi Racing in 2024 with help from his fellow New Zealander.
“So when I left Formula One, I thought I was moving away from motorsport,” she told the IndyCar YouTube channel. “I retired actually. So I took a year off last year, and then I connected with Marcus Armstrong and I just started working with him on mental skills and things in the background.
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“In the offseason, I was sponsored by SOS Hydration, which he was sponsored by as well, and they connected us. He said, ‘Do you want to come to a race?’ and I was like, ‘Oh yeah, I’d love to come out.’
“Oh my God, like IndyCar just hit me, it is so much fun, and I just fell in love with it. The racing is incredible, the drivers are incredible, I was overwhelmed by the expertise of everyone in the paddock. So I arrived, and I haven’t left.”
