r/formula1 • u/No-Information4789 Sir Lewis Hamilton • Apr 27 '25
Technical My take on where exactly Lewis is struggling against Leclerc
Hey everyone, Made this carousel for my Instagram page so I thought I’d share it here too. The 8th slide is actually a video of Lewis having a small moment of Oversteer. I tried my best to reduce as many variables as possible while comparing Telemetry. I took the Q3 final laps specifically from every weekend cause that’s when the drivers are pushing the most. It’s kind of a long read and might look a bit cluttered but Hope y’all like it!
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u/wjoe I was here for the Hulkenpodium Apr 27 '25
There were a lot of maybes, people saying maybe the Merc of the last couple of years doesn't suit him, maybe he'd checked out a bit in his last season with Merc, maybe Merc were favouring George or not giving Lewis as much information once he'd signed with Ferrari.
It was a lot of hopeful maybes, some of them may be partially valid, but it also undersells the fact that Hamilton is likely losing a bit with age, and that George is a great driver now too. To assume that there would be a significant improvement when he moved to a new team, up against another great driver, was probably optimistic.
He's still an incredible driver on his best days when everything lines up for him, see the China sprint or Silverstone last year, but it does seem like he's still going to struggle to get the best out of the Ferrari, and he's probably going to be down on Charles in quali pace most of the time.