Lewis Hamilton endured his hardest weekend of the season up to now in Hungary and the seven-time world champion was in a very glum temper after the race
Ferarri boss Frederic Vasseur has opened up on Lewis Hamilton’s way of thinking following the star’s most difficult weekend of the marketing campaign up to now on the Hungarian Grand Prix. The long-lasting British driver was knocked out throughout Q2 on Saturday and could not advance from his P12 beginning place throughout Sunday’s race.
Following qualifying, Hamilton delivered a worrying interview, urging Ferrari to “change driver” if they want for a greater end result and described his single-lap shows as “completely ineffective”.
Hamilton’s Ferarri dream is shortly souring and Vasseur has now issued a six-word assertion on his driver, claiming: “Truthfully, he is pissed off, however not demotivated.” Hamilton’s spirits remained low on Sunday as properly, delivering a string of dejected interviews after coming outdoors the points-scoring positions.
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In distinction, the Briton’s teammate, Charles Leclerc, claimed his maiden pole place of the yr and secured a P4 end result, simply lacking out on a podium end after battling McLaren for victory through the opening portion of the race.
Understandably, the ambiance throughout the Ferrari storage was sombre following the Hungarian GP and Vasseur was questioned concerning the remarks from his star driver after the race.
“I needn’t inspire him,” he stated, earlier than admitting Hamilton is smiply pissed off. He added: “Yeah, he is demanding.”
Persevering with, the 57-year-old stated: “However I feel it is also why he is seven-times world champion. He is demanding with the workforce, with the automobile, with the engineers, with the mechanics, with myself as properly.
“I can completely perceive the state of affairs. Typically you’re making feedback on what the driving force is saying [in] the automobile, however in the event you put the microphone on another sportsmen in soccer and so forth, I am undecided that it could be a lot better.
“Typically, simply after the race or simply after qualifying, you’re very disillusioned, and the primary response is harsh. I can perceive the frustration, however we’re all pissed off. Typically, in the event you ask me, if I say [what I want] I’ll go to the stewards.”
Hamilton’s depressing weekend implies that he now trails Leclerc by 42 factors within the standings experiences the Categorical. Worse nonetheless, that is the longest run with out a podium within the 40-year-old’s glittering profession.
These outcomes, mixed with a podium for George Russell, imply that Mercedes have closed the hole to Ferrari within the Constructors’ Championship to simply 24 factors.
The Stevenage-born driver wasn’t the one former champion to wrestle on Sunday. Max Verstappen’s faint Drivers’ Championship title hopes have been extinguished in dramatic trend as he crossed the road down in ninth, whereas Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri sealed the highest two positions.
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