{"id":113574,"date":"2025-08-02T17:52:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-02T17:52:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/113574\/"},"modified":"2025-08-02T17:52:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-02T17:52:10","slug":"im-absolutely-useless-lewis-hamilton-says-ferrari-probably-need-to-change-driver-after-painful-q2-exit-in-hungary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/113574\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018I\u2019m absolutely useless\u2019 \u2013 Lewis Hamilton says Ferrari \u2018probably need to change driver\u2019 after painful Q2 exit in Hungary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"typography-module_body-s-regular__ul7F5 typography-module_md_body-m-regular__d9VRg typography-module_lg_body-l-regular__dPa5z\">Lewis Hamilton cut a dejected figure at the end of Qualifying for the Hungarian Grand Prix, with the seven-time World Champion dropping out in Q2 before Ferrari team mate Charles Leclerc took pole position.<\/p>\n<p class=\"typography-module_body-s-regular__ul7F5 typography-module_md_body-m-regular__d9VRg typography-module_lg_body-l-regular__dPa5z\">Hamilton described <a class=\"text-brand-hot-red underline decoration-1 hover:decoration-[3px]\" href=\"https:\/\/www.formula1.com\/en\/latest\/article\/leclerc-targeting-better-than-p3-in-hungary-qualifying-as-hamilton-rues-big.17meQ5b0wxoQN7DnEZj6A5\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">a \u201cbig struggle\u201d<\/a> after Friday\u2019s practice sessions at the Hungaroring, admitting he was \u201cquite far off\u201d the pace, but there were signs of encouragement <a class=\"text-brand-hot-red underline decoration-1 hover:decoration-[3px]\" href=\"https:\/\/www.formula1.com\/en\/latest\/article\/fp3-piastri-tops-the-timesheets-ahead-of-norris-and-leclerc-in-busy-final.5xs1FJaJGWNenvEpxHuNCe\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">in FP3<\/a> when he shadowed Leclerc in fourth position.<\/p>\n<p class=\"typography-module_body-s-regular__ul7F5 typography-module_md_body-m-regular__d9VRg typography-module_lg_body-l-regular__dPa5z\">However, when it came to the all-important Qualifying hour, Hamilton could go no further than the second phase, winding up in 12th position and referencing previous struggles when he sighed \u201cevery time, every time\u201d over the radio.<\/p>\n<p class=\"typography-module_body-s-regular__ul7F5 typography-module_md_body-m-regular__d9VRg typography-module_lg_body-l-regular__dPa5z\">Asked by Sky Sports F1 to reflect on his session, a visibly upset Hamilton simply stated: \u201cI\u2019m useless, absolutely useless.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"typography-module_body-s-regular__ul7F5 typography-module_md_body-m-regular__d9VRg typography-module_lg_body-l-regular__dPa5z\">Pushed on whether he has any answers, with Ferrari working hard to improve the SF-25 via <a class=\"text-brand-hot-red underline decoration-1 hover:decoration-[3px]\" href=\"https:\/\/www.formula1.com\/en\/latest\/article\/tech-weekly-ferrari-have-been-testing-a-new-rear-suspension-at-mugello-heres.6FJxU1V38Ea5hRG1WIYlkv\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">recent updates<\/a>, Hamilton added: \u201cThe team, they have no problem \u2013 you\u2019ve seen the car is on pole. So, they probably need to change driver.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"typography-module_body-s-regular__ul7F5 typography-module_md_body-m-regular__d9VRg typography-module_lg_body-l-regular__dPa5z\">In a separate interview for F1 TV, it was put to Hamilton that his \u201cuseless\u201d self-assessment cannot be the case, given his incredible F1 record, but the Briton replied: \u201cIt clearly is. I drove terribly. It is what it is.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"typography-module_body-s-regular__ul7F5 typography-module_md_body-m-regular__d9VRg typography-module_lg_body-l-regular__dPa5z\">Hamilton\u2019s Q2 exit in Hungary follows on from a Q1 elimination last time out at the Belgian Grand Prix, though he managed to recover from a subsequent pit lane start to finish seventh in the race and win Driver of the Day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lewis Hamilton cut a dejected figure at the end of Qualifying for the Hungarian Grand Prix, with the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":113575,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[51,50,52],"class_list":{"0":"post-113574","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-headlines","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-top-stories"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114960449405334546","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113574","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=113574"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113574\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/113575"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=113574"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=113574"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=113574"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}