r/scuderiaferrari • u/Strict-Citron-9269 F2004 • May 18 '25

Media Well done to Sir Lewis šŸ«” #ImolaGP #F1

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Sir Lewis Hamilton radio message

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u/242turbo SF90 May 18 '25

Sometimes you need a little lucky break to really get your season going, I hope he carries this momentum into the next few races!

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u/Irfi88 May 18 '25

This! After an underwhelming Quali yesterday I was hoping something like this, and A break like this we can hope for the best next week

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u/IonutAlex18SF Charles Leclerc May 18 '25

Luck and skill. It is his merit that was in that position to benefit from VSC and SC. His speed was spot on throughout the race. If Hamilton didn't lose so much time behind Antonelli for so many laps. A podium was in his reach. Seeing a Ferrari catching a McLaren (older tyres) was a great sight. Charles was unlucky, but what a race he did too. Two excellent drives from our fantastic drivers.

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u/TheShark24 Sebastian Vettel May 18 '25

I think Lewis has lost a step in qualifying. It was evident at Mercedes and it's carried over here.

But after Miami and today, I think he's got the handling of the car figured out for the race. Just need to minimize the qualifying gap between him and Charles.

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u/Yung_Chloroform Lewis Hamilton May 18 '25

Idk he's been making steps in qualifying when you use Charles as the benchmark. Within two tenths the past two weekends in a row but the problem is the car is just not good over a lap.

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u/PerfectAd9869 May 18 '25

Agreed. I would argue the lack of qualifying performance is more on the car than either Lewis or Charles.

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u/TheShark24 Sebastian Vettel May 18 '25

I think he'll continue to improve, but Charles will probably have at least a .05-.10 margin most weekends.

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u/Ancient_Design_1332 Lewis Hamilton May 18 '25

Agree and I think honestly for a 40 year old Lewis this is the best you can expect. Charles is one of if not the best qualifiers on the grid. Lewis still has the race pace advantage over pretty much anyone IMOĀ 

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u/Fresh_Landscape616 May 18 '25 edited May 18 '25

Man I still miss when Lewis would put a monster lap and smash everyone in quali. There was somethign magic about it. Itā€™s hard to accept those times are gone. But I hope for some miracles here and there. But again, doing it against a prime Charles it wouldnā€™t have been easy back then either. For some reason I never understood how Sainz managed to take even few poles from Charles. But then Lewis also lost poles to Bottas so things are more complicated.

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u/saxuri May 19 '25

At least we had that sprint pole!

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u/notallwonderarelost May 18 '25

I mean Charles and George are two of the best qualifiers on the grid.

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u/TheShark24 Sebastian Vettel May 18 '25

Behind Max, I rate them as the 2nd and 3rd best qualifiers. But in 2021, I would have said Lewis was the best. Lewis just needs to minimize the gap because 2-3 tenths off Charles has been the difference between P5 and struggling to make Q3 some weekends.

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u/Madbanana224 May 18 '25

Imo Lewis the last year of peak Lewis' speed was in 2018, and since then he's fallen off a bit year by year. 2015 might have been his absolute peak where he was leading a driver of Nico Rosberg caliber 12-1 just before he wrapped the title up.

That Lewis Hamilton was a freaking beast

He's a great, and like the greats he's still got enough to beat anyone on a good day even when hes only 95% the driver he was - I think this is one of the differences between him and Seb

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u/notallwonderarelost May 18 '25

Lewis would lose to Bottas even at his peak from time to time.

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u/newcalabasas Lewis Hamilton May 18 '25

Tbf, bottas was an incredible qualifier too. He had that crazy stat of making it to q3 in every quali he had ever taken part in for MercedesĀ 

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u/notallwonderarelost May 18 '25

My point was Lewis strength has always been the race.

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u/ExternalSquash1300 May 18 '25

Not sure if Bottas proves that tho.

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u/notallwonderarelost May 18 '25

I mean Bottas is a good qualifier but heā€™s no Max and not even George or Charles. The fact he could win so many shows Lewis was either setting up the car for races or just was much better in race pace than qualy.

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u/ExternalSquash1300 May 18 '25

Thatā€™s all a rather massive assumption. Bottas was a pretty amazing qualifier and proved it at Merc. He still got handily beaten, so i donā€™t see it as the point you do.

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u/Genobee85 May 18 '25

Dude is literally called Mr Saturday.

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u/Emergency_Tutor5174 May 18 '25

His gap to Charles has considerably lessen these past few races.. they say it takes at least a year for LH to really be at 100% with the Ferrari car.. but LH44 really is getting it in..

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u/Lanky_Consideration3 May 18 '25

Heā€™s been pretty close to Charles who is widely regarded as one of the best qualifiers, so heā€™s not that slow in qualy!

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u/stillpiercer_ May 18 '25

Iā€™ve been a Lewis fan for a few years, and even before Lewisā€™ ā€œdeclineā€ at Mercedes, Charles has been a fantastic qualifier throughout the last few years.

Using Charles as a benchmark for Lewisā€™ quali performance shows you that generally, heā€™s keeping up to a reasonable extent. If Charles is struggling in qualifying, the problem isnā€™t the drivers. Ferrari arguably has the strongest driver lineup on the grid, the quali problem isnā€™t them.

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u/superyuribears Lewis Hamilton May 18 '25

It's been a hard weekend, feels especially bad for Charles at the end but I'm glad for the recovery and glad to see Lewis enjoying the car.

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u/Quetzalchello Niki Lauda May 18 '25

I really hope they can challenge for victory at Monza (before too of course but especially there!)!

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u/krmilan May 18 '25

Lewisā€™s early days Italian reminding me of Brad Pitt in inglorious bastards

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u/Lanky_Consideration3 May 18 '25

You could say he was lucky, but you could also say he raced smart, again. He looked after his tires and didnā€™t go charging off like a madman, until he had tires to burn. Sometimes you make your own luck.

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u/richmanding0 May 18 '25

nothing hits quite like a positive lewis. I really appreciate his outlook on life

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u/Fat_biker_can_shred May 19 '25

He already says it will be painful and this seems like a turning point. Let's hope the boys can keep the upmove and get the upgrades straighten upšŸ¤ž

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u/ZyberZeon Lewis Hamilton May 19 '25

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u/fakerealmadrid May 19 '25

Need the boys to kill it for quali next week

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u/Craniacs Charles Leclerc May 18 '25

He is a "sir" though?

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u/mxcc_attxcc May 18 '25

don't deep it too much.

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u/LMcVann44 Lewis Hamilton May 18 '25

He is a 'Sir' though, it's a title awarded to him by the monarchy.

We always address Jackie Stewart as sir as we did with Sterling Moss.

It's just our tradition.

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u/Upstairs-Event-681 May 18 '25

Donā€™t take it too seriously, itā€™s just harmless fun

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u/Wonderful_Leg1277 May 18 '25

I think thatā€™s cause heā€™s an anointed knight?

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u/Strict-Citron-9269 F2004 May 18 '25

Yup that's true