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Yahoo
15-06-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Lewis Hamilton Left Frustrated After Shock Damage Derails Canada GP Charge
Lewis Hamilton Left Frustrated After Shock Damage Derails Canada GP Charge originally appeared on Athlon Sports. Lewis Hamilton was left dejected and frustrated during the Canadian Grand Prix after learning his Ferrari had been carrying damage for the majority of the race. Advertisement Sky Sports F1's Karun Chandhok reported that Hamilton had been suffering a performance hit since Lap 13, costing him around 20 points of downforce, a massive blow on a track where aerodynamic grip is critical. While running in seventh, Hamilton found himself stuck in no man's land: 12 seconds adrift of Oscar Piastri ahead. His struggles became apparent on team radio by Lap 36, when Hamilton delivered a brutally honest assessment of his race. 'I'm nowhere in this race, mate. I don't know what's happened,' the seven-time world champion said, his frustration evident. Lewis Hamilton in the media pen after the 2025 Spanish being told his pace was strong considering the damage, the 40-year-old Brit had already been overcut by both Lando Norris and his Ferrari teammate Charles Leclerc, slipping further down the order as race unfolded. Advertisement Hamilton had arrived in Montreal with hopes of turning the corner in what's been a disappointing debut season with Ferrari. The Circuit Gilles Villeneuve has historically been a happy hunting ground for him, having multiple poles and victories there including his first win in 2007. But Sunday's race was another reminder of the challenges still facing Hamilton and the Scuderia. While his teammate Leclerc managed to leapfrog him during pit stops, Hamilton's race was compromised before the strategy even began to play out. With damage limiting his chances and his frustration boiling over on the radio, Hamilton's Canadian GP became yet another uphill battle in a season filled with fluctuations. Advertisement Related: Lewis Hamilton Stuns in Canadian Tuxedo Riding Into Montreal on a Motorcycle This story was originally reported by Athlon Sports on Jun 15, 2025, where it first appeared.
The Independent
10-06-2025
- Automotive
- The Independent
Lewis Hamilton entering ‘critical' phase of F1 season after ‘concerning' Ferrari start
Karun Chandhok believes Lewis Hamilton is entering a 'critical' period of the season after a disappointing start to life at Ferrari. Aside from his sprint victory in China, seven-time world champion Hamilton has not finished in the top three. His best grand prix result came in Imola last month, where he finished fourth, and he came home an underwhelming sixth last time out in Spain. In contrast, Hamilton's teammate Charles Leclerc has finished on the podium in the last two races and is 23 points ahead of the Brit going into round 10 in Canada this weekend. Ex- F1 driver Chandhok, who works as a pundit for Sky Sports, believes Hamilton's team of engineers should be 'concerned' and looking at changing the set-up of the temperamental SF-25 car to suit the British driver. "It's starting to get a bit critical,' Chandhok said of Hamilton's season, on the latest episode of the Sky Sports F1 podcast. 'We're coming into the second third of the season now, and he's not finding the rhythm. 'He's not finding consistency where week in, week out, he's in a happy place of the car. In Imola, he was woeful in qualifying, then suddenly the car's brilliant in the race. In Monaco, he wasn't quite there. He was a chunk behind Charles throughout. 'There's got to be a degree of concern creeping in. When you look at Spain, the fact that Charles overtook him and drove away from him quite comfortably, even before we go into the different tyres and stuff later on. "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.' Despite his struggles, Chandhok believes the 40-year-old still has what it takes to win races, if given the machinery to do so. "I'm not disputing that he's still got the ability… he clearly does,' he added. 'He's able to win races, we saw that in China, but they need to find a sweet spot for him, where every weekend he knows what he's got, and they haven't got that. 'He's still having too many good days and bad days. The fluctuations are too much." Hamilton will be eyeing his first podium of the year this weekend in Montreal, where he claimed his first F1 victory back in 2007. He is currently a whopping 115 points off championship leader Oscar Piastri.
