Lewis Hamilton in the dilemma: Ferrari problems and threatening career end
Sometimes Lewis Hamilton cannot hide his feelings. He quarrels with himself and the motorsport world, he speaks very quietly and reserved. As after the past Formula 1 race in Saudi Arabia, which has shown the record world champion in what tricky situation he is in.
Like many top pilots in front of him, the Brit had the dream of being able to drive in his career for Ferrari. He fulfilled it with the change a few months agowhen he left Mercedes after successful years. Hamilton became the hope of Scuderia, who has been waiting for a World Cup title since 2007. Hamilton, the superstar, with the supposed but stumbling top team. That should actually go out. So far it doesn’t.
Hamilton had a good start of the season, but recently he fell back well behind his teammates Charles Leclerc. On Sunday in Saudi Arabia, he was almost 30 seconds behind the Monegassen at the finish line. A difference that should not be so clear within a team. At least not when both drivers feel at a similar level. Leclerc, however, benefits from Ferrari from his many years, while Hamilton is still getting used to swords.
Ralf Schumacher is already talking about Hamilton’s end of career
« He just can’t get along by car. We talk a lot about Lando Norris, but it is almost worse for him. You can see that, he is really tied up. If you are there at some point and have no means and are permanently slower, then everything is lost, » said Ralf Schumacher in the Sky-Formula 1 podcast « Backstage pit lane ». The former Formula 1 driver also said: « I know from my own experience: If it goes on, it is no longer fun. Then he wakes up at some point in the morning and thinks: Why am I doing this? The result could be a career end after this season.
Will Hamilton come about? After all, the 40-year-old is Together with Michael Schumacher’s world champion With seven titles each. The eighth success drives him. He still wants to get him. At the moment, however, it is as far away as a street snack bar from a three-star restaurant. « I don’t feel the car properly, but I couldn’t put my finger on a specific problem now-that’s exactly what it’s about. And that’s part of my difficulties. At the moment I don’t find any answers, » said Hamilton in Saudi Arabia.
Hamilton has no solution for its problems with the car
But the situation becomes even more difficult due to the hopelessness. « I don’t know how we want to solve this. I’m afraid, it stays for the rest of the season, that’s painful, » said the 40-year-old. A look at the data is also sobering. In the curves in particular, Leclerc is much faster with his racing car. In qualification, Hamilton does not manage to exhaust the potential of his car – little works in the race even in the race. No good prospects for the upcoming Grand Prix on May 4th in Miami. « I assume that I will also have trouble there too, » Hamilton feared.
The Ferrari-Bolide has potential. Charles Leclerc has proven this with third place in Saudi Arabia. Only Hamilton doesn’t know how to deal with the red racer. In Dschidda he admitted that he hadn’t felt comfortable in the car. But he couldn’t blame the car. He had to find his way around as soon as possible. Just how? The 40-year-old knew no answer.
