Hamilton's dark Ferrari debut season: a race to forget!

Hamilton's dark Ferrari debut season: a race to forget!

Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Spanien - The change from Lewis Hamilton to Ferrari has proven to be anything but smooth. In the most recent race, the Grand Prix of Spain, the British driver fought and took a disappointing position with sixth place. Hamilton himself commented down after the race and called his day "terrible". Remarkably, he was overtaken by Nico Hülkenberg during the race, which also illustrated the problems of the former world champion. According to Derwesten.de , Hamilton's situation is described as a "dark situation", which he faces the challenges this season.

Nico Rosberg, Hamilton's former teammate, was concerned about the performance of his ex-teammate. He described Hamilton's performance as "shockingly bad" and explained that it was unusual to see Hamilton in this form. The reason for the weak performance could be in an unexplained problem on the car, especially on the sensitive underbody or other hidden defects. Rosberg also noticed that Hamilton was only able to catch up on his team -mate Charles Leclerc this season, who took third place in Spain and thus performed significantly better. If you consider that Hamilton could only beat Leclerc in a full race, the severity of its current situation becomes clear. Hamilton is currently 23 points behind Leclerc in the driver's championship and ranks in sixth place, which reinforces the difficulties he experiences. Rosberg commented on Hamilton's performance after the race as "difficult to observe" and found that Hamilton is apparently not yet connected to the car.

Ferrarís challenges

After the race, Ferrari team boss Frederic Vasseur confirmed that a problem was found on Hamilton's car that must be checked more. Hamilton himself informed his engineer that something was wrong in the car and called the current situation the worst that he had ever experienced. During the race, Hamilton had problems with the grip of the vehicle despite the initial progress in overtake about George Russell and was undercut by the driver Russell during the first pit stop series. The problems increased when Hamilton was overtaken by Hülkenberg after a late Safety car phase, which also underlined his ’terrible’ racing performance. These large number of complications could indicate that Ferrari and Hamilton urgently have to find answers to the ongoing difficulties.

The upcoming challenge for Hamilton and the Ferrari team will be the Grand Prix of Canada, which will take place from June 13th to June 15th. It remains exciting to observe whether Hamilton will be able to regain its shape and to cope with the challenges that the switch to Ferrari has brought.

The statistics of Formula 1 show that, despite its current problems, Hamilton has one of the most successful careers in the history of sport. He has set numerous records in terms of victories and pole positions, including most victories at the same Grand Prix (9 at the GP Great Britain). wikipedia also indicates impressive ability to drive in the dot ranges, with a record number of 313 points placements.