- Hamilton admitted that he had been “nowhere” compared to his f1 rivals in Jeddah
- The Briton managed a mid-floor P8 for Ferrari during the qualification session on Saturday
- Hamiltonn only over-qualified the teammate Charles Leclerc in a Grand Prix
Lewis Hamilton has again reduced his qualification misfortunes for Ferrari on Saturday in what apparently became the start of a regular story for the seven times world champion.
The Briton could only qualify a disappointing P7 for the Saudi Grand Prix, once again outperformed by his teammate Ferrari Charles Leclerc, who recorded the fourth time.
Leclerc beat Hamilton in four of the five qualification sessions of the Grand Prix this year, Hamilton only taking Mongasque in China.
The history of the pilot ranking is not as dark as Hamilton Trails Leclerc by only seven points. The first also won the Sprint race in Shanghai, proving that it is always a great force over a race distance.
Speaking after qualifying for Jeddah, Hamilton cut a tired look while he was plunging into the same old story about his qualification difficulties, which go back to his last season in Mercedes.
George Russell sur-qualified from 19 to five in Grands Prix and five to one in sprint races in 2024.
Lewis Hamilton revealed that he was “nowhere” compared to his rivals in qualification on Saturday
The 40 -year -old will start a seventh disappointing on the grid of the Saudi Grand Prix
Hamilton was over-qualified by his teammate Ferrari Charles Leclerc in four out of five Grands Prix in 2025
Hamilton said: “It is (qualifying) was difficult as always for me. I am nowhere all weekend – 13th at almost all sessions.
“Honestly, I am grateful to have reached Q3 and P7. It was not a last spectacular round, but we made improvements all weekend. Need a better lap at the end but, as I said, I am grateful to be there or almost.
A journalist then noted that the performance of Hamilton’s race often improved his dull projections in the qualifications. When asked if he thought it will be the case again on Sunday in Jeddah, the 40 -year -old laughed: “Praying, more like”.
He then added: “Trying to create links with this car in a single turn is something that I find very difficult at the moment.
“But we don’t give up. Where there is a will, there is a means. We continue to push and try. We have incredible support, so we simply (we have to) continue to work hard.
Hamilton recorded the most poles in the history of Formula 1 (104), which makes his difficulties even more perplexed.
His last post came to the Hungarian Grand Prix 2023, where he finished P4.
Hamilton is currently seventh in the pilot ranking, already 52 points behind the leader of the Lando Norris championship.
