{"id":380548,"date":"2025-08-28T15:31:13","date_gmt":"2025-08-28T15:31:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/380548\/"},"modified":"2025-08-28T15:31:13","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T15:31:13","slug":"hamiltons-self-assessment-of-2025-f1-season-is-nonsense-says-russell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/380548\/","title":{"rendered":"Hamilton’s self-assessment of 2025 F1 season is “nonsense”, says Russell"},"content":{"rendered":"

George Russell<\/a> reckons Lewis Hamilton<\/a> was talking \u201cnonsense\u201d when he claimed Ferrari should \u201cchange driver\u201d<\/a> after disappointing in qualifying for the Formula 1 Hungarian Grand Prix.<\/p>\n

Hamilton suffered a Q2 elimination last time out in Budapest, before finishing outside of the points the following day, continuing his difficult debut campaign for Ferrari as the seven-time world champion has been regularly beaten by team-mate Charles Leclerc<\/a>.<\/p>\n

But Russell, who spent the last three seasons as Hamilton\u2019s Mercedes<\/a> team-mate, believes that was the 40-year-old\u2019s emotions simply getting the better of him.<\/p>\n

\u201cOf course he’s talking nonsense when he says something like that because he’s the greatest driver of all time,\u201d said Russell.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think in a situation like that, when you go from the race track and you’re in front of the media within 10 minutes, you have all of these emotions. When you have a bad day, that’s how you feel. When you have a good day, everything changes.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe’s still an exceptional driver. He obviously won the sprint straight away at the start of the year in China. He’s clearly still got it. Formula 1 is not an easy sport, and especially if the team is not performing at the highest level, that compounds the issue.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd of course, Charles is an amazing driver too. I think right now, 14 races down, probably every driver bar two [title rivals Oscar Piastri<\/a> and Lando Norris<\/a>] is looking forward to 2026 and for a fresh opportunity to fight for a championship. And for someone like Lewis, that’s what he lives for. Not just get in at once.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Lewis <\/p>\n

Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes-AMG F1 Team, George Russell, Mercedes-AMG F1 Team, on the grid<\/p>\n

Photo by: Sam Bloxham \/ Motorsport Images<\/p>\n

That China race has so far been an anomaly for Hamilton this year though, with him sixth in the championship, 42 points off Leclerc and yet to score a grand prix podium – compared to the Monegasque\u2019s five.<\/p>\n

Hamilton has therefore been downbeat about his campaign thus far, claiming \u201cthere’s been so much pressure in this first half of the season\u201d that \u201cit’s not been the most enjoyable\u201d.<\/p>\n

So on Thursday during media day for this weekend\u2019s Dutch Grand Prix, the Ferrari driver revealed enjoying himself again is the focus for the final 10 rounds of 2025.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think for anyone in whatever career you’re in, if you’re not enjoying what you’re doing, then why are you doing it,\u201d said Hamilton.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere can often be so much noise that you can lose sight of what’s really, really important. So that’s why I’m saying I just really want to focus on getting back to that enjoyment.<\/p>\n

\u201cI’ve joined the team that I’ve always dreamed of driving for and there’s been so much noise around that it’s kind of clouded us from getting to enjoy it.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo now it’s about kind of moving those things aside and just getting back to focusing on the pure love of what we do.\u201d<\/p>\n

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