{"id":15300,"date":"2026-05-01T09:18:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T09:18:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/15300\/"},"modified":"2026-05-01T09:18:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T09:18:08","slug":"lewis-hamilton-reveals-ferrari-fixed-bizarre-japanese-gp-issue-ahead-of-miami","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/15300\/","title":{"rendered":"Lewis Hamilton reveals Ferrari fixed bizarre Japanese GP issue ahead of Miami"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lewis Hamilton revealed that his bizarre power loss during the Formula 1 <\/a>Japanese Grand Prix<\/a> was not due to his Ferrari power unit. <\/p>\n

Instead, the seven-time World Champion emphasised it was \u201cseveral things coming together\u201d to cost him a second Ferrari podium. The Briton was reportedly losing \u2018six to eight tenths\u2019 of straight-line power in Suzuka\u2019s race. <\/p>\n

After a well-timed safety car allowed Hamilton to secure a top-three position, the loss of power significantly derailed his weekend.<\/p>\n

From third, Hamilton dropped to sixth after being passed by several drivers, including his team-mate, Charles Leclerc. Unlike Hamilton, the Monegasque\u2019s Ferrari had no issues, allowing Leclerc to sail to third. Marking a difficult weekend for the Briton.<\/p>\n

Following the race, Hamilton highlighted that Ferrari did not understand the problem and why it only impacted him. <\/p>\n

\u201cI just struggled with power in the race. Some reason I was just down,\u201d Hamilton told media, including Motorsport Week in Suzuka. <\/p>\n

\u201cSo I need to try and understand why that is the case, whether my engine was down or what. I need to understand that.<\/p>\n

Somehow, Charles had more power than me today, in the same car. So I need to understand why that is. He did a good job to get to third place. But, yeah, lacking power.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"LewisHamilton and Ferrari\u2019s issues will be fixed before Miami<\/p>\n

Hamilton has positive outlook for Miami<\/p>\n

Ahead of the Miami Grand Prix, Hamilton told the media that Ferrari had to do some detective work in the enforced break. Ultimately, the team were able to pinpoint the issue that plagued the Briton\u2019s Japanese GP, and it stretched far beyond a Power Unit issue. <\/p>\n

\u201cI think it\u2019s been good for everyone to step back and analyse their first three races,\u201d Hamilton told media, including Motorsport Week. <\/p>\n

\u201cThe last race, I could see I was down on power. <\/p>\n

We did a deep dive and understand that it wasn\u2019t the engine, but the systems all together, several things coming together to lose me eight to nine tenths of straight-line power.<\/p>\n

Hamilton emphasised that they were able to resolve the issue early. In turn, the team were able to focus on the upcoming races, as well as take a well-deserved break early in the season. <\/p>\n

\u201cSo we got on top of that, worked in the sim, been at the factory every week, training a huge amount, and refreshing for this weekend.\u201d <\/p>\n

With Hamilton\u2019s issues officially resolved, Ferrari could be a potential winner this weekend at the Miami GP, overthrowing the seemingly \u2018unbeatable\u2019 Mercedes duo. <\/p>\n

READ MORE\u00a0\u2013 Ferrari confirms Miami GP updates devised during F1\u2019s \u2018Spring Break\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lewis Hamilton revealed that his bizarre power loss during the Formula 1 Japanese Grand Prix was not due…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15301,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[54,55,8,17,912,10583],"class_list":["post-15300","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-japan","tag-f1","tag-ferrari","tag-japan","tag-japanese","tag-lewis-hamilton","tag-miami-gp"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15300","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15300"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15300\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15301"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15300"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15300"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15300"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}