Lewis Hamilton says he’s feeling plenty of anger after his fourth Q1 exit in a row on the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, and he’s not sure if the winter break shall be lengthy sufficient to reset.
Ferrari has endured a winless season thus far – excluding Dash races – and Hamilton has but to attain a podium, however his qualifying kind has been notably problematic within the closing levels of the 12 months. His sixteenth place on the grid for Abu Dhabi is definitely his greatest grid place since Brazil, the place he was thirteenth, and after being eradicated within the first a part of qualifying for the fourth consecutive session, he admitted the low season break may not be lengthy sufficient for him to reset mentally.
“Time will inform, time will inform,” Hamilton stated. “That is the shortest break … I don’t [have a plan to reset] in the meanwhile, no. I haven’t got a plan for something.
“I haven’t got the phrases to explain the sensation inside,” he added to Sky Sports activities. “[There is an] insufferable quantity of anger and rage and yeah, there’s not likely a lot I can say about it.”
Hamilton crashed in FP3 (pictured above) to lose out on some observe operating and depart Ferrari repairing his automotive, however after suggesting one thing broke on the automotive on the time, he stated any potential failure had but to be recognized.
“It positively would not assist when you’ve gotten a [crash] … you miss your second run, however the automotive was feeling nice, simply had some bottoming after which misplaced the again finish.
“They simply mounted the automotive. They noticed some bouncing getting into and so they stated that carried all through.”
Hamilton’s teammate Charles Leclerc superior into Q3 and certified fifth however was additionally in danger earlier within the session, one thing he says could possibly be right down to Ferrari specializing in its 2026 automotive greater than different groups.
“These are classes that if [we] do the slightest errors, we’re out,” Leclerc stated. “And since 4, 5 races [ago] for some purpose, the others, particularly the midfield, type of closed the hole, and we’ve misplaced competitiveness.
“I can see how tough the automotive is and the way you have simply received to go full dedication, and it is both within the wall or by means of Q1 and you then do must do the identical in Q2 after which it’s essential do the identical in Q3.
“It is rather more obscure one thing from the automotive while you actually must push to absolutely the restrict. In Q2 I believed I might put it into the wall fairly just a few instances, and that makes it troublesome to additionally enhance the automotive like in all probability the McLaren or Pink Bull do by pushing a bit bit much less in Q1 and Q2 – you perceive extra about what is going on on with the automotive. So, yeah, it is a tough scenario.”
