{"id":40313,"date":"2025-04-22T06:04:08","date_gmt":"2025-04-22T06:04:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/40313\/"},"modified":"2025-04-22T06:04:08","modified_gmt":"2025-04-22T06:04:08","slug":"the-hamilton-performance-solution-as-verstappen-penalty-discussed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/40313\/","title":{"rendered":"The Hamilton performance solution as Verstappen penalty discussed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Lewis Hamilton is carving out time to address his Ferrari performance while Martin Brundle calls out Max Verstappen\u2019s penalty.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You\u2019ll find all this and more in the Monday, 21 April edition of our F1 news round-up.<\/p>\n<p>F1 news: Lewis Hamilton cancels plans to find performance<\/p>\n<p>Ferrari driver Lewis Hamilton has revealed that he will be forced to \u201ccancel some plans\u201d this week in order to get to the bottom of his F1 2025 woes after a tough Saudi Arabian Grand Prix.<\/p>\n<p>Hamilton has had a troubled start to life at Ferrari since his blockbuster move from Mercedes over the winter, finishing no higher than fifth across the first five races of the new season.<\/p>\n<p>Read more:\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.planetf1.com\/news\/lewis-hamilton-ferrari-plans-cancel-work-week\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lewis Hamilton cancels \u2018some plans\u2019 with \u2018work week\u2019 set at Ferrari<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>F1 news: Brundle critical of Lewis Hamilton claims<\/p>\n<p>Martin Brundle said he \u201cdoesn\u2019t buy\u201d Lewis Hamilton\u2019s explanation that he does not understand the Ferrari car in a cutting analysis of the season so far.<\/p>\n<p>Hamilton finished 31 seconds behind his team-mate Charles Leclerc in Saudi Arabia in another underwhelming result for the 40-year-old.<\/p>\n<p>Read more: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.planetf1.com\/news\/brundle-doesnt-buy-lewis-hamilton-remarks-in-cutting-ferrari-analysis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Brundle \u2018doesn\u2019t buy\u2019 Lewis Hamilton remarks in cutting Ferrari analysis<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>More analysis from the Saudi Arabian GP:<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udc49\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.planetf1.com\/features\/2025-saudi-arabian-gp-driver-ratings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Saudi Arabian GP driver ratings: Piastri reward for elbows out, Hamilton sinks again<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udc49 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.planetf1.com\/features\/saudi-arabian-grand-prix-2025-conclusions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Saudi GP conclusions: Hamilton issues diagnosed as Piastri puts Norris in corner<\/a><\/p>\n<p>F1 news: Max Verstappen isn\u2019t talking about his penalty<\/p>\n<p>Max Verstappen continued to avoid being drawn to comment on his Saudi Arabian GP penalty, picked up in battle with Oscar Piastri.<\/p>\n<p>Wanting to avoid saying anything that \u201cmight get me in trouble\u201d, Verstappen also claimed that \u201cpeople can\u2019t handle the full truth\u201d when he expresses an opinion, so snubbing the chance to share his true feelings on the penalty was the best way.<\/p>\n<p>Read next: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.planetf1.com\/news\/max-verstappen-people-cant-handle-truth-fia-saudi-arabia-gp-penalty-snub\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Max Verstappen claims \u2018people can\u2019t handle truth\u2019 after FIA penalty snub<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>F1 news: Lewis Hamilton unites McLaren race engineers<\/p>\n<p>Andrea Stella, the McLaren team principal, has revealed how the race engineers of Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri worked together to get past Lewis Hamilton at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix.<\/p>\n<p>Piastri claimed McLaren\u2019s fourth victory in five races at the start of the F1 2025 season in Sunday\u2019s race in Jeddah, taking the lead of the World Championship for the first time in his career in the process.<\/p>\n<p>Read more: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.planetf1.com\/news\/lewis-hamilton-ferrari-mclaren-engineer-tactic-saudi-arabian-gp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">McLaren engineer tactic against Lewis Hamilton uncovered at Saudi GP<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lewis Hamilton is carving out time to address his Ferrari performance while Martin Brundle calls out Max 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