Lewis Hamilton gives a mysterious answer of his odds at the F1 2025 Miami GP as the Brit says he has “no clue” how Ferrari will perform, as he bids for his second Sprint Race win of the season.
The 40-year-old has struggled in his transition from Mercedes to the Scuderia, but received a glowing highlight at the Shanghai International Circuit when he took a marginal Sprint Pole ahead of Max Verstappen.
He then delivered a commanding Sprint Race win by fending off the Red Bull and Oscar Piastri, his and the Prancing Horse’s first triumph together as he proved he still has the pace when he puts it all together.
However, in conventional weekends his story has been one of struggles and a lack of competitiveness. He is yet to qualify ahead of Charles Leclerc for a second time this season, and is yet to finish ahead of the Monegasque star either.
So, with the second Sprint Race of the year taking place from May 2-4, can the seven-time world champion repeat his heroics? Hamilton gives a mysterious answer on his odds at the F1 2025 Miami GP as he remains unsure of the potential of Ferrari.
“No clue. We’ll do the best we can,” Hamilton told members of the media, including Total-Motorsport.com. “We’ve not got upgrades or anything this weekend, but we continue to try and optimize the car.
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“Obviously Charles, in the last race, did a fantastic job and showed what the car can do in a race, so the goal is to try to replicate that.”
Hamilton says ‘tinkering’ behind Ferrari performance struggles ahead of Miami GP
The 105-time Grand Prix winner stunned fans with the victory on China on March 22 and it, at the time, indicated he was very quickly beginning to understand exactly what his Ferrari needs.
However, now seventh in the standings and with just 31 points to his name, the reality has proven very different and the legendary racer believes too many changes on his SF-25 are why he’s struggling to adjust, something the Sprint format simply doesn’t allow.
“I can’t really explain it too much,” Hamilton added. “In a Sprint Race, obviously there’s not a huge amount of changes you make.
“I think the one thing to take from it is that we didn’t make a lot of changes, if actually any changes, going from P1 to then qualifying.
“Whereas on all the other weekends we’ve been tinkering with the car and making it worse.”
