Lewis Hamilton writes off the rest of the 2025 Formula 1 season and admits there’s “no quick fix” to his struggles with Ferrari, as he gives up on the car following the F1 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix.
Whilst the Jeddah Corniche Circuit is one of the seven-time world champion’s weakest tracks, the 40-year-old wouldn’t have expected to be half-a-second off Charles Leclerc in qualifying and 31 seconds behind his colleague after 50 laps.
But that’s how the weekend transpired, sucking the motivation he had following the F1 2025 Bahrain GP away; when he thought he had finally discovered how to get the best from the SF-25.
All he could do was watch as Leclerc claimed the team’s first podium of the year whilst he limped home in seventh, comfortably behind Kimi Antonelli, who is his replacement at Mercedes.
Simply devoid of pace once again, Hamilton gives up on his Ferrari car at the F1 2025 Saudi Arabian GP as he writes off the remaining 19 races of the season, warning it will be painful.
“I don’t have an answer for you, no,” Hamilton told members of the media, including Total-Motorsport.com. “There’s nothing.
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“Balance, struggling to feel the car beneath me, but there’s no particular thing. It’s just, there’s nothing to say, ‘Hey, this is the issue.’”
“At the moment, there’s no fix. This is how it’s going to be for the rest of the year. It’s just going to be painful.”
Hamilton opens up on Ferrari struggles at F1 2025 Saudi Arabian GP
Lewis Hamilton lapping, on average, 0.620 slower than his teammate in race pace is unheard of. This is a man with seven world titles, 105 Grand Prix wins and 104 pole positions to his name, a reputation that needs no introduction.
Yet the stop-clock doesn’t lie, and as Leclerc hurried his Ferrari around the Jeddah Corniche Circuit to try to stay ahead of McLaren’s Lando Norris; all Hamilton could do was go through the motions and wait for the race to end. So why was it so tough?
“I was just sliding around,” Hamilton continued. “First stint, massive understeer, car not turning, and then massive deg.,
“And in the second stint, slightly better balance but still just no pace. Pretty bad.”
