Lewis Hamilton is dealing with a “critical” weekend on the Canadian Grand Prix, in accordance with Sky Sports activities F1’s Karun Chandhok and David Croft.
The seven-time world champion endured maybe his worst race to this point for Ferrari final trip on the Spanish Grand Prix, as he was outperformed to an inexplicable diploma by team-mate Charles Leclerc in Barcelona.
Whereas he delivered a Dash victory on the second spherical of the season in China, Hamilton stays with out a grand prix podium after 9 races with the Italian staff, with Leclerc having claimed three.
Having been left despondent by his efficiency in Spain, Hamilton this week returns to the scene of his first Components 1 victory in Canada in want of a momentum-changing show.
Chandhok instructed the most recent episode of The F1 Present: “It is beginning to get a bit vital. We’re coming into the second third of the season now, and he is not discovering the rhythm. He is not discovering consistency the place week in, week out, he is in a contented place of the automobile.
“In Imola, he was woeful in qualifying, then instantly the automobile’s sensible within the race. In Monaco, he wasn’t fairly there. He was a piece behind Charles all through.
“There’s acquired to be a level of concern creeping in. While you take a look at Spain, the truth that Charles overtook him and drove away from him fairly comfortably, even earlier than we go into the completely different tyres and stuff in a while.
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Lewis Hamilton shared some quick solutions after a ‘actually unhealthy day’ on the Spanish Grand Prix, which noticed the Ferrari driver end sixth
After a disappointing 2024 marketing campaign wherein Hamilton was outperformed by his Mercedes team-mate George Russell, there had been hope that his blockbuster swap to Ferrari would offer reinvigoration, however the sample has largely continued.
Chandhok continued: “If I was on the Lewis side of the garage, I would be concerned. We are nearly at halfway through the year now, we need to start understanding whether this a fundamental issue, that we need to change the direction of the set-up of the car.
“I am not disputing that he is nonetheless acquired the flexibility. He clearly does. He is in a position to win races, we noticed that in China, however they should discover a candy spot for him, the place each weekend he is aware of what he is acquired, they usually have not acquired that.
“He’s still having too many good days and bad days. The fluctuations are too much.”
Might Hamilton have acquired a morale enhance?
Whereas Hamilton instructed his personal driving was answerable for his appreciable deficit to Leclerc, Ferrari staff principal Frederic Vasseur mentioned after the race in Spain {that a} automobile problem had impacted the Brit’s efficiency within the latter levels.
Hamilton made no reference to a problem throughout his media appearances after the race, however Sky Sports activities F1 commentator Croft says gathering extra data on the state of affairs could have supplied a morale enhance.
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Nico Rosberg commented on Ferrari’s struggles throughout P2, with Lewis Hamilton stating his automobile was ‘not driveable’
“He was so down after Spain. Ferrari didn’t specified exactly what the issue was, but according to Fred Vasseur there was an issue with the car in the final stint, and that wasn’t helping him,” Croft mentioned.
“He didn’t have that race pace for the first two-thirds of the race, let alone the last one. You go away, you go back to the drawing board, don’t you, and you go and find what’s wrong.
“If there was one thing essentially incorrect with the automobile, then I believe that provides a morale enhance to Lewis.”
Hamilton has claimed six pole positions and 7 F1 victories in Canada, the final coming in 2019, and Croft believes the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve may show the right place to get the 40-year-old again on monitor.
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A glance again at a few of the finest races from the Canadian GP
He mentioned: “I think the next race is quite critical for Lewis because Canada is a place he goes so well at. It’s a place he loves. He got his first pole and first win there.
“That is Lewis Hamilton’s monitor. If he has one other down day, such as you did in Barcelona, then there are points.
“If anyone can do it and turn it around, the seven-time world champion that is Lewis Hamilton can definitely turn that around.”
Sky Sports activities F1’s Canadian GP schedule
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A glance again at a few of the most dramatic moments from the Canadian Grand Prix
Thursday June 12
8pm: Drivers’ Press Convention
Friday June 13
4pm: F1 Academy Follow One
6pm: Canadian GP Follow One (session begins at 6.30pm)
8pm: The F1 Present
9pm: Staff Principals’ Press Convention
9.30pm: Canadian GP Follow Two (session begins at 10pm)
11.25pm: F1 Academy Qualifying
Saturday June 14
2.10pm: F1 Academy Race One
5.15pm: Canadian GP Follow Three (session begins at 5.30pm)
7.30pm: F1 Academy Race Two
8.30pm: Canadian GP Qualifying build-up
9pm: CANADIAN GP QUALIFYING
11pm: Ted’s Qualifying Pocket book
Sunday June 15
3.50pm: F1 Academy Race Three
5.30pm: Grand Prix Sunday: Canadian GP build-up
7pm: THE CANADIAN GRAND PRIX
9pm: Chequered Flag: Canadian GP response
10pm: Ted’s Pocket book
The 2025 Components 1 season pauses for breath after the European triple-header earlier than resuming dwell on Sky Sports activities F1 with the Canadian Grand Prix from June 13-15. Stream Sky Sports activities with NOW – no contract, cancel anytime.
