Hamilton’s Tough Race at Barcelona: ‘Worst I’ve Ever Taken Part in’
Jun.2 – Lewis Hamilton’s Ferrari dream is ending up in tears, according to the major German newspaper Bild.
“The Formula 1 world has never seen Lewis Hamilton as devastated as he was after the Spanish GP,” the report declared.
“The Ferrari driver wiped tears from his eyes before collecting himself to answer questions from journalists from around the world.”
The 40-year-old, however, struggled to hide his speechless emotion once the microphones were under his mouth, declaring Barcelona as “the worst race I’ve ever taken part in in my life”.
Hamilton then gave only two or three-word answers to questions, prompting a protest from one reporter. “What do you want me to say?” the seven time world champion responded.
His hopes after qualifying were high, but only after declaring on the radio on Friday: “Something is wrong with this car.”
Fast-forward to Sunday, he told the enquiring journalist: “There’s no point explaining it. It’s not your fault. I just don’t know what to say.”
He did, however, seem to back away from blaming the car, especially as teammate Charles Leclerc has been on the podium twice in the past two races.
“I’m sure they won’t,” Hamilton said when told that Ferrari will surely give him some answers over the next few days. “It was probably just me.”
Nico Rosberg retired from Formula 1 immediately after finally beating then Mercedes teammate Hamilton to the title in 2016, declaring that he doubted he could sustain the effort required to consistently outshine his British rival and colleague.
Now working for Sky in Barcelona, Rosberg explained: “What we’re experiencing from Lewis at the moment is a continuation of his performances from last year.
“George Russell usually had the upper hand, and that’s continuing now at Ferrari. He’s always missing that crucial last bit of pace.
“So what’s going on?” Rosberg added. “My gut feeling is that even if you’re the most successful driver of all time, at some point you’re not as fast as you used to be. We’re talking about age here. And when you’re 40, that moment inevitably comes.
“Even if you only lose a tenth of a second, that’s a lot, because no one should forget – Hamilton is fighting against the best drivers of the next generation.”
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I agree with Nico, add in a botched pit stop and it probably looks worse than it is. Nothing compared to Max’s self inflicted problems.
The car, the brakes,the balance, the strategy,his team mate, what else will she blame, 8 races in excuses are wearing thin
Still using the wrong pronoun in a childish form of bigoted behaviour, quite mild by your low standards. Were you hit on head by a Mercedes 2 years ago when aged 11?
Looking forward to your next 3 childish posts.
The article said he didn’t blame the car but said “ it was probably just me”. Why do you need to lie about what the article says? He didn’t even mention Ferrari’s botched pit stop or his deliberately obstructive race mechanic. Did you actually read it?
Same old same old, sadly you’re getting a bit boring Shrop.
joining the train is our new contestant Mr Blo, sadly still in 2nd place in the Attack Shroppy stakes, But to use Mrs Hamiltons words, What dyo want fro me , I was just bad
Damn i must have miss heard her on team radio where she was seriously blaming the car then, come on Blo , you can do so much better,stop crashing…!
What you heard on team radio was Not part of the article, admitting it was him is correct. Why didn’t you say that before. Trying to wriggle Stroppy
There are some people in life for whom dropping a few places in order to be able to drive into them is worth it (you)
George on the other hand….
He just has to dig deeper and if he can’t deliver anymore, just has to walk and quit F1 to let some new talent drive the red car who can beat Leclerc and Verstappen… Someone like Antonelli in 5 years from now…
December 2021 would have been better for her reputation
Five years! That’s a long time, he’ll be 45.
What you heard on team radio was Not part of the article, admitting it was him is correct. Why didn’t you say that before. Trying to wriggle Stroppy
Whose talking about the article? I wasnt, and I never wriggle except when my mother was reading nursery rhymes to me as a child , my particular favourite was Ba.. Ba.. ***** ***** **** *** *** **** but thats banned now presumably, Bans are not only in f1 you know
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