Lewis Hamilton is feeling a whole lot of anger following his fourth consecutive Q1 loss on the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix and says he’s not sure whether or not the winter break might be lengthy sufficient to reset.
Ferrari has had a winless season to date, excluding dash races, and Hamilton is but to attain a podium, however his qualifying kind has been notably problematic in direction of the tip of the 12 months. His sixteenth place on the grid in Abu Dhabi was truly his greatest since Brazil, when he was thirteenth, and he admitted that the low season break could not have been lengthy sufficient to mentally reset after 4 successive early qualifying losses.
“Time will inform,” Hamilton mentioned. “That is the shortest break…I haven’t got any plans[to reset]proper now, no, I haven’t got any plans.
“There aren’t any phrases to explain the sentiments inside,” he added on Sky Sports activities. “(There’s) an excruciating quantity of anger and rage, and there is not a lot I can say about it.”
Hamilton crashes in FP3 (pictured above) He had missed a apply run and had supposed to let Ferrari restore his automotive, however after suggesting there was one thing flawed with the automotive on the time, he mentioned the potential failure had not but been recognized.
“It undoubtedly would not assist when you’ve got (a crash)…you are going to miss the second run, however the automotive felt nice and I simply bottomed out after which misplaced the again finish.
“That they had simply mounted the automotive. They noticed some bounces coming in they usually mentioned it carried by way of to the tip.”
Hamilton’s teammate Charles Leclerc superior to Q3 and certified fifth, however he additionally discovered himself in a precarious scenario early within the session, which he mentioned could possibly be resulting from Ferrari’s concentrate on its 2026 automotive fairly than different groups.
“On this session, if you happen to make even the slightest mistake, you are out,” Leclerc mentioned. “Then for some purpose 4 or 5 races in the past, the opposite groups, particularly the midfield, closed the hole and we misplaced our competitiveness.
“You may see how tough the automotive is and the way absolutely dedicated you must go. You both hit the wall otherwise you get by way of Q1 after which you must do the identical factor in Q2 after which you must do the identical factor in Q3.
“It is a lot tougher to know something from the automotive once you actually need to push it to the restrict. I believed in Q2 we might find yourself within the wall quite a bit. So it additionally makes it tougher to enhance the automotive by pushing rather less in Q1 and Q2, in all probability like McLaren and Crimson Bull. You may perceive extra of what is going on on with the automotive. So, for positive, it is a troublesome scenario.”
