Lewis Hamilton: What can a Ferrari driver from the first F1 campaign with the Italian team? | F1 news

As was the case several months ago at the beginning of his first campaign in Formula 1 with Ferrari, Lewis Hamilton will reach the first race after the summer vacation in an unfamiliar area.

Ferrari Puri, seven times in Australia, saw him in March, wearing red and working with his new colleagues in the Grand Prix race for the first time.

While the 40 -year -old has gradually adapted to the partnership between a driver and the most famous sports team, many of Mercedes’s transformation elements have not yet played.

Hamilton will go to the Dutch Grand Prix this week in Zandort without scoring the Grand Prix in his first 14 games for Ferrari.

It was the longest without a platform to start a season he had previously faced at nine, which happened when he was in McLaren in 2009 and in Mercedes last year. In each of his other 16 campaigns F1, he had reached the platform by the third round of the season.

While Hamilton claimed the enemy pillar and victory in the second round of the season in China, the moments of joy were largely lacked since Saturday in Shanghai, and it seems that the situation is escalating in the last two rounds before the summer vacation.

The disappointing qualified offers in Belgium led to Hungary, Hungary’s declaration of itself, “useless” and suggested technically that Ferrari should replace it.

Given that this did not happen, Sky Sports evaluates what Hamilton can still save him from the last ten rounds of the season.

Get the platform!

Hamilton’s most obvious goal for the rest of the year should be to end the series that he built from races without finishing the platform.

It is not as if it was miles away from this achievement. He has three finishes in the fourth place this season.

It should not be a miracle for him to pull it, while it is also useful to note that Ferrari was particularly strong at this time last year.

Leclerc won in Monza and Austin before Hamilton’s predecessor, Carlos Science, was victorious in Mexico City, and there could be four victories in a five -racing period for Ferrari while Monigsk was lost in Azerbaijan.

It remains to see whether Ferrari can reproduce such an increase with SF-25 restrictions, which seem to have basic issues that prevent them from operating the car low to the ground as they wish.

Despite these problems, Leclerc has reached the platform five times, so it is clear that there is sufficient performance in the car to do this, even if that is not enough to overcome McLares.

The key to returning to Hamilton returns to the platform is to improve its performance on Saturday. Leclerc started in the first three places on five occasions, while Hamilton achieved the best qualified position in the Grand Prix in fourth place only once.

Discover some confidence

Registering a platform, or better after winning, would undoubtedly do wonders of Hamilton’s confidence, which seemed to have reached its lowest level ever in Hungary.

His comments after rehabilitation in Budapest revealed that severe self -doubts are leaking to his psyche, which can be a dirty vortex for the F1 driver.

However, mental stability cannot be reduced by the winner of the race 105 times, and it will undoubtedly return to reactivating it after the summer vacation.

The evidence that we have seen so far in 2025 indicates that everything is unlikely to be smooth for sailors to Hamilton for the rest of the road, but mixing some highlands with its lowest levels will be necessary to ensure that it carries some belief in 2026, or even wants to continue.

Whatever happens, most F1 fans love to see Hamilton smiling instead of leaving him to achieve himself in post -session interviews.

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Although adapting to a Ferrari may be the biggest challenge for Hillton, adapting to a new environment appears to be second.

Hamilton, a worldly figure, knew that there would be something of a cultural shock as he changed the UK -based teams in which he spent 18 years of his career in the F1 for Maranilo.

While he expressed his happiness at the quality of the pizza available locally, it seems that Hamilton may face a problem with some of the team’s work practices.

He has repeatedly spoke about his attempts to change the way some things take place, with a particularly prominent interview before the Belgian Grand Prix in July, when he saw that he revealed details of his efforts.

“Some are the structural amendments that we need to make as a team in order to improve in all areas that we want to improve, then the other was really about the current issues I face with a car this year,” he said.

Although his intention is clearly positive-and it is justified by looking at the drought of Ferrari, which will be for 17 years, it is fair to wonder whether those working on the team will appreciate its very frank approach.

In the midst of his own frustrations, Hamilton must make sure that he keeps the team as well as it is seeking to influence the design of the Ferrari 2026 competitor, and then we hope that it will benefit from it next year.

Pay car 2026 in its direction

Although everything is mentioned until this point can improve Hamilton’s expectations in the short term, the thing that makes it continuous is the hope that the next year will be very various.

The theory, which remains the possibility of winning Hilmton in obtaining the title of eighth drivers as a fact, is that there is something about the current generation of cars that are not commensurate with his driving style, and huge engine changes and structure for the next year can bring him back as one of the best sport.

It was painful painfully in the qualifiers – this and last season – that he was unable to match Leclerc and before that George Russell in Mercedes.

Hamilton may argue that he is concerned about the characteristics of the cars provided by Mercedes and Ferrari instead of the generation as a whole, as it is unclear what he was able to do in Red Bulls in Max Versaben in recent years or dominant 2025 McLaren.

It really does not matter at this stage. In order for Hamilton to realize his dream to end the drought of the Ferrari title, he will need a quick car and fit his style, because SF-25 works better with Leclerc.

On the one hand, it is fair to wonder whether Hamilton had done enough during his first season to persuade the Ferrari design team to currency of his requests, but on the other hand, it would be logical for them to try something different.

Although the Leclerc speed cannot be interrogated, he did not have a good reputation because he is a driver who excels in helping to develop cars. By this, it is also worth noting that it is pushed for driving, not a car design!

Regardless, the most important thing that Hamilton can achieve during the remaining period of the season is to ensure that the 2026 car is as close as possible how it is.

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