Lewis Hamilton

Hamilton's weekend in Imola was a microcosm of a troublesome season. On Saturday, after finishing 14th in the Sprint qualifying race, Hamilton was stoic about ...

“You see the bouncing on the main straight, I wonder how the two of them can even keep the car on the track at times,” said Wolff. “I think the fundamental issue which overshadows anything is our car is porpoising more than others. “I am out of the championship, for sure, there’s no question about that,” said Hamilton after the race. It was in stark contrast to George Russell’s excellent performance. It’s just going to take longer, it’s going to take a painful year. As did that car, we fixed it eventually and got back in the fight, or in the game. He finished fifth in the standings that year.

The Brit was already handicapped by having to start from 14th but after gaining three places in the early round of the race, dropped back to his original ...

We just need to understand more and bring development to the car and fix the bouncing.' 'We are going to look at things for Miami, we can make a step in the understanding of the car. This was a terrible race.'

LEWIS HAMILTON had a miserable afternoon in Imola finishing 13th in the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix.

His team-mate George Russell fared slightly better as he jumped from 11th to fifth in the opening stages. We just need to fix the car. When the DRS was activated, Hamilton was stuck behind a train of cars despite his attempts to pass Pierre Gasly and work his way through the pack.

After being beaten comfortably, Nico Rosberg believes Lewis Hamilton will never want a repeat of that disparity against George Russell.

That is going to be really, really important to him. There is always going to be that thing of wanting to beat your team-mate. “It’s understandable.

LEWIS HAMILTON finished the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix in 13th place after a difficult weekend for Mercedes.

Behind Gasly, we both had DRS so it was impossible to overtake, and I lost a few places in the pit stop. After the race, Hamilton admitted he lost a ‘few places’ in the pitstop but claimed everything that could have gone wrong did. However, it appeared drivers were hesitant to make the switch to dry tyres after concerns more wet weather was on its way.

Imola Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff made an extraordinary public apology to a crestfallen Lewis Hamilton, describing his car as 'undriveable' and unworthy ...

"But I expect him to come back so strong. "I just wasn't fast enough to overtake and I don't really know why. I'm not getting comfortable with this position, because I know what he's capable of." "He's definitely going to be pushing me all the way. There's no-one that's giving up and everyone's just trying to move it forward as fast as they can. This was a terrible race."

The unthinkable happened as Lewis Hamilton was overlapped by Max Verstappen during the Imola GP before the Dutchman went on to win his second race of the ...

We have seen that reaping the results for George, who did an outstanding race - perfect start and then handling a car that wasn't tuned optimally. As Hamilton’s woes continued, George Russell was able to bring the car home in P4. Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff praised his drivers for their efforts on another challenging weekend, but stressed improvements must be made. The Brit was unable to extract any serious pace from his car and spent what felt like an eternity trying to pass Pierre Gasly, ultimately unsuccessfully.

LEWIS HAMILTON struggled in Imola and could only finish in 13th while team-mate George Russell scored fourth to keep up his string of top-five finishes.

I made a very strong start, I don’t know what happened to him at the start." He added: “I expect him to come back so strong. Meanwhile, Russell jumped up to sixth in the opening stages before passing Kevin Magnussen for fifth.

Lewis Hamilton has said his 2022 title hopes are over, after he posted a disappointing 13th-placed finish at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix on Sunday.

He attributed Mercedes' poor performance on Sunday to porpoising, saying, "Because of the bouncing, we are not able to run it where it should run. But it's just what we have to do get the fastest lap times out of the car." "Sorry for what you have had to drive today. "I'm out of the championship, for sure," Hamilton said post-race. "The bouncing really takes your breath away. "At least, George got some points for the team today.

Nico Rosberg believes former rival Lewis Hamilton may find it "difficult to keep his motivation up" this season and has accused Mercedes of not telling the ...

"That's a very important sign for George to get going right in the beginning in this relationship because it sets precedent. Especially in the engineering room where Lewis is going to be pushing harder and harder, so it will be interesting to see how it unfolds." "[Hamilton and Russell] are not on that at the moment, it's much more easy going I think. With George performing so well, that could be the biggest motivator for Lewis to just keep going and keep fighting." "Of course there were some very difficult situations but everything culminated in winning the championship. "It is a long season but they're nowhere with that car; they're not even going to be able to fight for race wins any time soon. But Rosberg believes he twisting the truth to protect his star driver, given team-mate Russell finished fourth and nine places higher in the same car. "The tension's rising, and that's natural, and Lewis will obviously start to show those emotions a little bit. "Let's not forget also, Lewis hates ending up behind his team-mate. Lifting him up and saying that it wasn't Lewis' doing, it's on us. "You can see how the tension is rising. Hamilton was understandably frustrated after Sunday's race, where he reiterated his championship hopes were over.

THE F1 grid could soon be shaken up by a surprise driver change midway through the season.

Williams' Nicholas Latifi is also deemed to be on the edge after a series of underwhelming performances, spins and crashes. While Hamilton will be ' weighing up his options' according to former world champion Mika Hakkinen, the notion that the driver leaving is 'unsurprising' renders it unlikely, albeit not impossible, that the Brit will be on the move. If Fabrega's insider claim suggests that Vettel could make way for a driver not currently on the grid, it may signal the 34-year-old's retirement from F1, which has been a huge talking point in recent weeks.

The seven-time world champion has suddenly found himself scrapping for minor places in the midfield and is even being outdriven by his team-mate.

Mercedes are almost in desperation mode when it comes to finding answers to their problems, and have often been running divergent set-ups on the two cars in order to fact-find as effectively as possible. But nevertheless the frustrations will start to fray the team’s internal politics. Those two results aside, he has finished third and fourth in races where Russell finished fourth and third respectively. On their return to Imola, there was another moment that will live long in the memory of both drivers, albeit a very different one. Russell too though is battling the car just as much as Hamilton is. It was a seminal moment that sent Mercedes and Hamilton a message about the nature of this battle.

Hamilton finished 13th, struggled to overtake Pierre Gasly, and was even lapped by rival Max Verstappen. Former F1 champ Nico Rosberg, commentating for Sky ...

So I'm very conscious about the conflict of interest between the two of them, between the team and the driver." "I've learned on the job with the most difficult relationship, between Nico Rosberg and Lewis, and then an easier one between Valtteri [Bottas] and Lewis," Wolff told Insider. "But these are racing drivers that want to win, that have learned from a very early age of — whatever it is — five or six years that you are out there for yourself, you're alone in the go kart, it's raining, you're scared. Hamilton and Rosberg were teammates with Mercedes from 2013 to 2016. So Lewis definitely had a big role to play in that poor result this weekend. He also struggled to overtake AlphaTauri's Pierre Gasly, which would have been unheard of in recent years, and was even lapped by his rival, Max Verstappen. That is going to be painful, and I think for Max, he's going to have a little smile in his helmet when he goes by."

Lewis Hamilton will be motivated by finishing behind Mercedes team-mate George Russell at the Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix on Sunday, according to Nico Rosberg ...

That is going to be really, really important to him. That didn't happen, and it is now increasingly likely that Hamilton will fail to win the title for the second year in a row. There is always going to be that thing of wanting to beat your team-mate.

Twitter trolls Christian Horner for his 'mistake' of calling Lewis Hamilton an 8-time world champion. Read to know more about the confusion.

Lewis got lapped by world champion and arch-rival Max Verstappen during the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix. Twitter was quick to pounce on the Red Bull team principal’s mistake of calling Lewis an 8-time champ. But during his post-race interviews, Christian mistakenly mentioned that Hamilton is an 8-time world champion in Formula One.

To make things worse, Hamilton is well behind his teammate George Russell in the overall standing after just four races.

"I am out of the championship, for sure. I know it was undriveable." That's not what either of them deserves."

Wolff apologised to the seven-time former World Champion over team radio as he crossed the line in the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix after a torrid race for ...

The younger Briton made up five places on the first lap at Imola and made the most of the clearer air to pick his way past Kevin Magnussen and profit from Charles Leclerc’s spin to take his fourth-placed finish at the weekend – but he has backed Hamilton to be “so strong” in his comeback. Hamilton admitted his title hopes for this year are over after the dust had settled at Imola, having been off the pace all weekend in the W13 – a car he described as being “not far off” the worst he has driven in his 16 seasons in Formula 1. Nico Rosberg believes Toto Wolff’s radio message at Imola was “very smart” in trying to keep Lewis Hamilton motivated, but was “not quite the truth”.

The world champion dominated at Imola, leading all 63 laps to take his second win from four races this season for Red Bull and securing a one-two finish for ...

Also the way we handled the race, we didn't really make any mistakes. Verstappen won his second race of the season at Imola to get his season back on track Verstappen took full advantage of his bitter title rival from last season and his struggles at Imola by overtaking him late in the race to go a whole lap clear of the Brit.

Having finished 13th, a lap behind winner Max Verstappen and a minute adrift of Mercedes team-mate George Russell, who was fourth in the same hard-bouncing, sub ...

What options are open to Hamilton? He can plough on, hoping his car and his confidence return, striving to sign off with a record eighth title. Toto is trying to lift Lewis because it is important to keep him motivated for the whole season. Russell is 24 and fast. For most of that time, dad and son barely spoke about racing as the pain was too raw. So Hamilton arrived at the gates of the new season with fresh regulations in place and drained reservoirs of belief. How can we expect Hamilton to brush aside the mental battering?