Lewis Hamilton’s followers had hoped he would arrive on the Miami Grand Prix with a refreshed sense of optimism. Nevertheless, following his disappointing efficiency on the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, the seven-time world champion’s temper appeared removed from upbeat.
After qualifying half a second slower than his Ferrari teammate, Charles Leclerc, and ending over 30 seconds behind within the race, Hamilton brazenly expressed considerations that the remainder of the 2025 season would possibly show “painful.” Regardless of this, the 40-year-old assured a London viewers at a sponsor occasion that he wouldn’t “hand over” and promised to proceed bettering. But, when talking forward of the Miami Grand Prix, Hamilton seemed to be in an identical mind-set, with no clear enchancment on the horizon.
Regardless of visiting Ferrari’s Maranello manufacturing facility for knowledge evaluation and simulator classes in an effort to show issues round, Hamilton nonetheless appeared unable to search out the answer to his ongoing struggles with the automobile.
Throughout Thursday’s FIA press convention in Miami, Hamilton appeared alongside former teammate George Russell and Sauber’s Nico Hulkenberg. When requested by host Tom Clarkson what was stopping him from extracting the total potential of his Ferrari, Hamilton’s response was succinct however imprecise: “Many issues. A lot of various things. There’s not one explicit.”
Sky Sports activities’ David Croft then inquired whether or not a brand new driver in a staff might anticipate to be faster than their teammate initially. Hamilton’s response was equally temporary and lacked depth: “I imply, there are components of that which are true, but it surely’s totally different for everybody.”
On the BBC’s Chequered Flag podcast, journalist Jennie Gow mentioned Hamilton’s conduct on the press convention, highlighting the problem her producer confronted in making a significant phase from the interplay. “He spoke within the press convention immediately, however I feel the phrase ‘communicate’ goes excessive,” Gow remarked. “Single-word solutions made it tough for our producer to cobble one thing collectively that made any sense. He was simply not into it.”
In the meantime, F1 pundit Ted Kravitz revealed that Ferrari’s newest recommendation to Hamilton was not to surrender, with the staff nonetheless hopeful that there’s potential for enchancment. Nevertheless, the 40-year-old’s visibly downcast demeanor and lack of perception in an instantaneous turnaround raises questions on his confidence in Ferrari’s potential to show issues round.
Ralf Schumacher, one other F1 pundit, advised that Hamilton would possibly want to take a look at the instance set by younger Haas driver Oliver Bearman. Ralf Schumacher identified that the Ferrari junior’s recent perspective and flexibility have allowed him to rapidly alter to his new staff, a flexibility Hamilton might have to undertake. Nevertheless, such a change in strategy is simpler mentioned than performed, particularly for a driver who has had such a profitable profession together with his personal driving fashion.
Regardless of Ferrari’s optimism and the truth that 19 races nonetheless stay within the 2025 season, the Briton’s present temper seems to replicate a way of doubt. Though it solely takes one robust end result to shift the narrative, Lewis Hamilton himself appears unconvinced that such a result’s on the horizon.
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