Lewis Hamilton believes his struggles at Ferrari are “going to be painful” and can final the remainder of 2025 after a “horrible” Saudi Arabian Grand Prix.
Hamilton began and completed a lonely seventh in Sunday’s race on one other weekend the place he was clearly outperformed by Ferrari team-mate Charles Leclerc.
Since successful the Chinese language GP Dash final month, Hamilton has not overwhelmed Leclerc in qualifying or the race over three rounds in Japan, Bahrain and Saudi Arabia.
In Jeddah, he completed over 30 seconds behind Leclerc, who scored Ferrari’s first podium of the season.
“Nothing positive to take, except for Charles finishing on the podium, which is great for the team,” mentioned Hamilton.
“It was horrible, not enjoyable at all. I was just sliding around. I didn’t have grip. First stint, massive understeer, car not turning and then massive deg. The second stint, slightly better balance but still just no pace. Pretty bad.”
Hamilton mentioned “I don’t have any answers” when requested about his downturn in type since China and reduce a confused determine when talking to the media.
“At the moment there’s no fix. So, this is how it’s going to be for the rest of the year. It’s going to be painful,” he added.
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Highlights of the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix
Hamilton: Mine and Leclerc’s information doesn’t look massively completely different
Hamilton and Leclerc have each said they’ve comparable driving kinds and converged on set-ups forward of the latest F1 race in Saudi Arabia.
Leclerc is famend as arguably one of the best qualifier on the grid however Hamilton has not been capable of match him in race trim both, which was seen as a energy all through his F1 profession.
“He [Leclerc] has been driving this car for a long time, so he definitely knows it really well,” mentioned Hamilton.
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Lewis Hamilton says he was grateful for reaching Q3 and taking seventh in qualifying on the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix
“There’s plenty in the data, for sure. Honestly, it doesn’t look massively different in the data. I just go slower through the corners.
“We do have barely completely different set-ups. I’ve to look and see whether or not that set-up is the way in which the automotive likes to be. He and his facet are positively clearly doing a greater job.
“In qualifying it’s me extracting performance. In the race, I tried everything, and the car just didn’t want to go quicker.”
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