Lewis Hamilton says he felt an “unbearable amount of anger and rage” as his Ferrari woes continued on the closing race weekend of the season in Abu Dhabi.
A dismal first marketing campaign in crimson hit a brand new low in Abu Dhabi on Saturday after Hamilton crashed in closing observe then went out on Q1, so will begin Sunday’s race from sixteenth.
It’s the fourth consecutive time Hamilton has been eradicated within the first a part of qualifying as he was final in Las Vegas for the primary time on pure tempo in his profession, went out in SQ1 and Q1 in Qatar, then once more in Abu Dhabi.
“I don’t have the words to describe the feeling I have inside [me],” he instructed Sky Italy.
“An unbearable amount of anger and rage. There’s not much I can say about it.”
Hamilton added to the written media: “I haven’t got the phrases to precise how I really feel.
“[The crash] definitely doesn’t help when you miss your second run, but the car was feeling great, I just had some bottoming and then lost the back end.”
Hamilton has beforehand described his first season at Ferrari as a “nightmare” and appears set to complete the 12 months and not using a podium – the primary time in his 18-year profession that is occurred.
Sky Sports activities F1’s Nico Rosberg, who was Hamilton’s team-mate at Mercedes for 4 years, says it’s a “scary situation” for the British driver because the group might start to lose religion in him.
“Lewis is definitely partially responsible, if not entirely, so it’s unbelievably hard,” stated Rosberg.
“It’s so tough. I feel for him. It’s horrible. You start to doubt yourself, he thinks to himself ‘maybe I’ve lost it’.
“Possibly it’ll proceed like that the entire subsequent 12 months, extra ache, a very horrible scenario to be in. Not good to see.”
Bernie: Sad to see Hamilton in this situation
Hamilton has beaten team-mate Charles Leclerc just three times in Saturday qualifyings this year and the Monegasque driver also has seven podiums.
Sky Sports F1’s Bernie Collins says “it does not really feel like the advance is coming” from Hamilton, who has suggested his Ferrari contract runs beyond 2026.
“It is Lewis’ duty to get the lap out of the automobile in qualifying and once you see the place your team-mate is, that is a delta,” stated Collins.
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Lewis Hamilton says the 2025 season has demonstrated his resilience and divulges plans to shake up the group round him forward of the 2026 season
“We have seen very small differences in lap time make the difference in going through Q1, and not. The other sessions become a little easier because there are more gaps on track, you learn from those two tyres.
“It is unhappy to see Lewis in that scenario the place he is so disheartened with this automobile’s efficiency however that is been his story at Ferrari.
“We started the year with so much hope Ferrari and Lewis could be this dream team and that’s not happened.”
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Highlights from Qualifying on the 2025 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
Sky Sports activities F1’s Abu Dhabi GP schedule
Sunday December 7
9.10am: F2 Characteristic Race
11am: Grand Prix Sunday: Abu Dhabi GP build-up*
1pm: THE ABU DHABI GRAND PRIX*
3pm: Chequered Flag: Abu Dhabi GP response*
4.30pm: Ted’s Pocket book
*additionally on Sky Sports activities Foremost Occasion
The 2025 System 1 season concludes with the title-deciding Abu Dhabi Grand Prix dwell on Sky Sports activities F1 this weekend with Sunday’s race at 1pm (build-up from 11am). Stream Sky Sports activities with NOW – no contract, cancel anytime
