{"id":40137,"date":"2025-04-22T04:34:10","date_gmt":"2025-04-22T04:34:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/40137\/"},"modified":"2025-04-22T04:34:10","modified_gmt":"2025-04-22T04:34:10","slug":"ferrari-boss-blasts-f-bull-lewis-hamilton-claim-as-f1-star-predicts-painful-first-year-with-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/40137\/","title":{"rendered":"Ferrari boss blasts ‘f****** bull***’ Lewis Hamilton claim as F1 star predicts ‘painful’ first year with team"},"content":{"rendered":"

FERRARI boss Fred Vasseur blasted the \u201cf***ing bull****\u201d claims that Lewis Hamilton\u2019s form has fallen off a cliff.<\/p>\n

Seven-time world champion Hamilton had another weekend to forget at the Saudi Arabia Grand Prix<\/a> after his slow start to the season continued with a seventh-place finish.<\/p>\n

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Lewis Hamilton had another weekend to forgot in the Saudi Arabian Grand PrixCredit: Rex\"Lewis<\/a><\/p>\n

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Hamilton finished 30 seconds behind team-mate Charles LeclercCredit: Rex\"Charles<\/a><\/p>\n

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Hamilton sits seventh in the drivers\u2019 championshipCredit: Rex\"Fred<\/a><\/p>\n

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ButFerrari team principal Fred Vasseur defended Hamilton’s form in a X-rated interviewCredit: Getty<\/p>\n

The Brit, 40,\u00a0described his performance in Jeddah as \u201chorrible\u201d and predicted a \u201cpainful\u201d first year with Ferrari<\/a> \u2014 even just five races in.<\/p>\n

He finished a massive 30 seconds behind team-mate Charles Leclerc<\/a>, who provided a glimmer of hope\u00a0for the Italian team with their first podium of the season.<\/p>\n

Hamilton<\/a> won last month\u2019s sprint race in China but has since been out-qualified by Leclerc in Japan, Bahrain and Saudi.<\/p>\n

Asked why Hamilton\u2019s form has dropped dramatically in the last month,\u00a0Vasseur said: \u201cDramatically?! We did five races so far.<\/p>\n

\u201cI know you want a big headline saying Fred said this but this is f***ing bull****.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are in a competition. You have ups and downs. When we are up, we are not world champions and when we are down, we are not nowhere.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hamilton is desperately looking for answers on how to turn things around in his first year since joining from Mercedes<\/a>.<\/p>\n

He sits seventh in the drivers\u2019 championship, with his best result of the season fifth place in Bahrain just over a week ago.<\/p>\n

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To make matters worse, Leclerc drove exceptionally in Jeddah, looking at ease in the car and overtaking Hamilton\u2019s former team-mate George Russell<\/a> to claim third.<\/p>\n

Vasseur added on Hamilton: \u201cI will be 2,000 per cent behind him and\u00a0 give him support here. We\u2019ll start to find solutions.<\/p>\n

Sun F1 reporter Isabelle Barker tries Lewis Hamilton\u2019s favourite spaghetti cooked by three Michelin star chef at Bahrain Grand Prix<\/p>\n

\u201cI am not worried. Look at what he did in China<\/a> or\u00a0 in the race in Bahrain last week or even in the first part of the\u00a0session this weekend, the potential is there.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Frenchman added: \u201cFor sure he is down because when you finish in seventh and your team-mate is on the podium.<\/p>\n

\u201cI take it as a positive\u00a0 Lewis is down because if he was happy with this, it wouldn\u2019t be normal.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s a racer and a competitor. He wants to get the best from what he has and he is disappointed.<\/p>\n

\u201cNow we have to work together\u00a0 and it will be the only way to move forward.\u201d<\/p>\n

Oscar Piastri claimed consecutive Grand Prix wins, while Max Verstappen finished second, after being handed a five-second time penalty<\/a> for leaving the track and gaining an advantage.<\/p>\n

Both Russell and Hamilton’s replacement at Mercedes Kimi Antonelli are above the legendary Brit in the standings.<\/p>\n

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A massive summer of change saw Lewis Hamilton<\/a> move on from Mercedes and join Ferrari, while the McLaren pair of Lando Norris<\/a> and Oscar Piastri have a big chance to end Max Verstappen<\/a>‘s recent dominance.<\/p>\n

The Red Bull ace is aiming for a record-equalling FIFTH consecutive world title.<\/p>\n

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