A trait which Lewis Hamilton has had all through his illustrious profession isn’t suited to his present Ferrari, it has been defined.
The seven-time F1 champion made the largest driver transfer within the sport’s historical past when he left Mercedes for Ferrari this season.
But it surely hasn’t but translated into the grand prix outcomes which recommend a record-breaking eighth drivers’ title is probably going.
Alex Brundle has poured by means of Hamilton’s information to identify a driving trait which is ill-suited to his SF-25.
“He has talked about shifting the automobile in direction of him. And he’s talked about shifting himself in direction of the automobile,” Brundle informed the F1 Nation podcast.
“I have a look at the info from Lewis each weekend. The trait is identical.
“He goes into high-speed corners and hits just a little bit extra brake strain than Charles Leclerc.
“You possibly can draw a line immediately up the wheel-speed graph, to the steering hint, and the brake aligns completely with a tiny little bit of motion.
“It simply upsets the Ferrari all over the place.
“Leclerc is simply Mr. Measured on the brakes.
“We all know that Lewis had an issue with the identical factor, I noticed the info, at Mercedes.
“Can he coach himself out of a lifetime’s price of driving method to maneuver in direction of the automobile? We are going to discover out.
“Take a look at Carlos Sainz at Williams.
“He has utterly engaged with their manner of doing. Lewis continues to be behind the sport at Ferrari so that you surprise if it will be potential.”
Lewis Hamilton struggles at Ferrari dissected
McLaren’s Andrea Stella commented on the F1 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix that this era of vehicles are so quick {that a} driver doesn’t have time to assume, they have to basically drive their quickest laps on intuition.
That might make Hamilton’s studying course of even trickier.
“It’s a killer trait to have in a automobile, particularly in the event you’re behind,” Brundle stated.
“Since you search for the time, and it punishes you once more. It will get worse and worse.”
Hamilton is but to higher his teammate Leclerc’s lead to a grand prix in 5 makes an attempt this 12 months.
His post-session interviews have extra more and more despondent at the latest rounds.
Hamilton’s issues on a Saturday with qualifying tempo have carried over from final 12 months at Mercedes, when he was emphatically out-performed by George Russell.
“It occurs each Saturday,” he admitted in Bahrain after one other disappointing run.
Hamilton admitted he didn’t know when his “painful” type would enhance, unable to offer a timeline for development.
He additionally made it clear that he can’t blame his Ferrari for his difficulties.
The issues with qualifying tempo additionally lengthen to Leclerc who conceded that their Saturday struggles are prohibiting higher outcomes on a Sunday.
