Lewis Hamilton balked at Ferrari’s speed after failing to finish ninth at Sunday’s Japanese Grand Prix. The Mercedes veteran cut short his time in print media after generating a strong response, compounding a frustrating weekend for the Silver Arrows.
Hamilton is now 4 races into a curious season, in which he knows it will be his last year at Mercedes before joining Ferrari in 2025. Things start terribly, with 10 drivers’ championship issues on the board and nothing better than a P7 to show their efforts.
The Briton didn’t even manage to do it in Japan as he clung to trouble in ninth. Ferrari star Charles Leclerc finished fourth, and Hamilton’s replacement Carlos Sainz was third.
According to The Mirror, Hamilton flatly replied “he’s fine” when asked by a reporter how his career had gone. The seven-time world champion then asked him if he was “jealous” of Ferrari because they are “faster” than Mercedes lately.
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Hamilton replied: “Do you have any more important questions?” The journalist apologized, but the 39-year-old walked away, followed by his press officer.
With Mercedes far behind their rivals and Max Verstappen dominating the rest of the field, Hamilton is unlikely to end his two-year wait to win a Grand Prix anytime soon.
The former McLaren driver hopes his luck will improve when he heads to Ferrari, with some already wondering if the Scuderia made the right decision in removing Sainz from the starting gate, given that he is the only driver who does not belong to Red Bull. they have won a Grand Prix since the start of last season.
Although he definitely reacted to Mercedes’ functionality in Saturday’s qualifying, Hamilton completely replaced his brain after Sunday’s race, telling F1 TV: “The car is never what I expected. It’s never what we expected.
“I think I had some damage in the first stint on the restart with Charles and I had massive understeer, like massive, massive understeer. That’s why I let George pass, because he seemed faster and I just couldn’t turn. ” the guide wheel. Car.
“It took us two stints to combine more and more wings and make up for this loss. In the last stint I was better, but it was too late, I had 10 seconds to decide. “
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