Lewis Hamilton had thought he could be fighting for pole position at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix after leading Friday practice but qualifying proved a bitter pill to swallow with 12th place on the starting grid. The seven-time world champion’s rollercoaster season with Ferrari continued, with Saturday’s setback coming after the Briton had expressed fresh optimism….
Lewis Hamilton will serve a five-place grid penalty at Ferrari’s home Italian Grand Prix in Monza next weekend after failing to slow for warning flags at Sunday’s Dutch Grand Prix in Zandvoort. The sanction capped a miserable weekend for Formula One’s oldest team, which left the Netherlands empty-handed after both Hamilton and teammate Charles Leclerc…
A day after calling himself “useless,” Lewis Hamilton said he’s facing issues “in the background” after another difficult Formula 1 race. Hamilton finished 12th on Sunday, the same place he’d qualified the day before, a result which had prompted him to call himself “absolutely useless” and suggest Ferrari might consider changing drivers. His race was…
Pole position qualifier Charles Leclerc Getty Images Changing conditions and a qualifying session that surprised even its pole-sitter. Charles Leclerc took top spot on Saturday, displacing McLaren’s expectations of front-row dominance with a lap that stunned even him. “I definitely did not expect that,” said Leclerc. Earlier in the week, he called the Hungaroring “by…
A despondent Lewis Hamilton said he was “useless” and suggested Ferrari needed another driver after qualifying 12th for the Hungarian Grand Prix with teammate Charles Leclerc on pole position. The seven-time Formula One world champion, who is 40, has an unrivalled record in Hungary with eight wins and nine poles but Saturday’s performance was far…
Lewis Hamilton blamed himself and said he would apologise to Ferrari for an “unacceptable” performance on Saturday after he suffered another qualifying flop, his second in two days, at the Belgian Grand Prix. The 40-year-old seven-time world champion, who was eliminated in first sprint qualifying on Friday when he spun at the chicane, repeated his…
No wins. Not even a podium finish. And virtually no hope of a championship. Lewis Hamilton is so fed up with his results at Ferrari midway through his first season with the team that he’s taking matters into his hands. Hamilton revealed on Thursday, upon arriving at the Belgian Grand Prix, that he spent the…