Hamilton «praying» for F1 2026 success after ground-effect woes
Lewis Hamilton is simply “praying” for better fortune in the next Formula 1 rules cycle after enduring a torrid time since the start of ground-effect cars in 2022. Just two of the seven-time world champion’s 105 grand prix victories have come in the current era, having particularly struggled in qualifying because these cars don’t necessarily […]
Autosport Top 50 of 2025: #47 Lewis Hamilton
Much hype accompanied Lewis Hamilton’s move to Ferrari this season, but any hopes that Maranello could carry forward its strong late-2024 form into the new season were quickly scuppered. That meant a fourth successive season of angst and self-doubt as Hamilton’s year dissolved after the high point of the sprint win at Shanghai – Ferrari’s […]
Leclerc «doesn’t really have advice» for Hamilton after tough first Ferrari F1 season
While Charles Leclerc empathised with Lewis Hamilton’s tribulations in his first Formula 1 season with Ferrari, the Monegasque felt he had little leeway over 2025 to help the seven-time champion adapt to the team. Hamilton’s struggles were well-publicised over the year, especially in the wake of the attention that his move had commanded. After 11 […]
Hamilton’s negative F1 interviews not representative of his character
Lewis Hamilton is much more upbeat with his Ferrari team despite several very negative media appearances during the 2025 Formula 1 campaign, claims his boss Fred Vasseur. The seven-time world champion had arguably his worst season yet, failing to score a podium for the first time in his F1 career en route to sixth in […]
Verstappen feels sorry for Hamilton after dismal 2025 F1 season: ‘It really hurts’
Max Verstappen says Lewis Hamilton’s tough 2025 Formula 1 season was “not nice to see”. Despite a sprint victory at the Chinese Grand Prix, Hamilton most often struggled to match team-mate Charles Leclerc and failed to record a single podium finish in his maiden campaign at Ferrari. By the end of the year, the seven-time […]
Hamilton and Leclerc free to publicly criticise Ferrari F1 team
Ferrari Formula 1 boss Fred Vasseur is unfazed by his drivers Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton being publicly critical of the squad even though it irked John Elkann. The 2025 F1 campaign was highly disappointing for the Scuderia, as it failed to win a grand prix and dropped to fourth in the championship having lost […]
Qatar GP struggles linked to «balloon» F1 tyre pressures
Ferrari team principal Frederic Vasseur said the Scuderia failed to adapt to the mandated tyre pressures at the Qatar Grand Prix, leading to its worst Formula 1 performance of the year. Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton qualified ninth and 18th for the sprint, 10th and 18th for the grand prix, and scored a meagre four […]
Hamilton and Leclerc left speechless by «zero performance» in Qatar GP qualifying disaster
Ferrari again endured one of its worst Formula 1 qualifying sessions in 2025 at the Qatar Grand Prix, with Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton down in 10th and 18th respectively. This followed a tough sprint event, where the Ferrari drivers qualified almost exactly in the same positions before finishing 13th and 17th, with Leclerc visibly […]
How muted Hamilton is responding to his never-ending Ferrari nightmare
When asked by Autosport after the Las Vegas Grand Prix if he managed to take any satisfaction from a comeback race as he charged from last to the points, his reply was «zero». The rest of his offerings were hard to discern in the noisy Vegas paddock, as the longer his maiden Ferrari season goes […]