Revered F1 observer Peter Windsor believes Lewis Hamilton has to make a “radical” change over the summer season break to show his season round with Ferrari.
Hamilton endured a torrid weekend on the Hungarian Grand Prix.
The seven-time world champion did not qualify inside the highest 10 and struggled within the race.
Hamilton was lapped by race winner Lando Norris in a forgettable race, ending twelfth total.
The 40-year-old was upset when chatting with the media after qualifying and the grand prix.
Hamilton referred to as himself “completely ineffective” after qualifying, even suggesting Ferrari ought to contemplate altering drivers.
He delivered one other abject interview after the race, sending a cryptic message about what was occurring at Ferrari behind the scenes.
Windsor, who labored for Williams and Ferrari within the Nineteen Nineties, questioned Hamilton’s responses.
He additionally referred to as on Hamilton to know “why he’s not driving the way in which he ought to”.
“For a man who’s a seven-time world champion and to be on the retainer that he’s on, to be saying this and feeling this, even when he was saying it sarcastically, he shouldn’t be saying that,” Windsor stated on his YouTube channel.
“He shouldn’t be answering the query for a begin, and past that, he must be eager about why he’s not driving the way in which he ought to.”
Hamilton must deal with being a “pure racing driver”
Understandably, Lewis Hamilton is underneath strain to ship at Ferrari.
He was introduced in as Ferrari’s big-money signing to probably win the workforce a title.
Ferrari haven’t tasted F1 title success since 2008, after they gained the constructors’ championship.
Windsor thinks Hamilton ought to return to fundamentals and deal with being a “pure racing driver.”
“It’s all to do with the cash, the model, and the factor that began at Ferrari dressing up within the black equipment and the F40 as an alternative of simply being ultra-focused on being a racing driver at Ferrari,” he added.
“Simply having fun with the privilege and be nothing however a hyper-focused racing driver. That’s what he must do over the August break.
“It’s very troublesome for Lewis to do, to strip himself of the model that he’s turn into and simply turn into a pure racing driver. It must be one thing as radical as that.”
