Hamilton rates 2025 with Ferrari as his worst F1 season

Lewis Hamilton calls 2025 his worst season in Formula 1

Las Vegas – Lewis Hamilton labeled the 2025 season as the worst of his Formula 1 career, following a performance at the Las Vegas Grand Prix where, starting from the last position on the grid, he managed to finish in the top 10. Although Hamilton crossed the line in tenth place, he ascended to eighth place due to the disqualification of Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri from McLaren. The disappointing first season of Hamilton with Ferrari continued in Las Vegas, where the seven-time world champion qualified last on his own merit for the first time in his illustrious career.

Terrible, it has been the worst season of my life. No matter how hard I try, it keeps getting worse.

Lewis Hamilton

When asked about what he was trying to do to change the situation, Hamilton replied: “I’m trying everything, in and out of the car.”

Legend: Lewis Hamilton is sixth in the championship with 152 points. His teammate is one place ahead with seven podiums.Statistically, this season is one of Hamilton’s worst. He is currently in sixth position in the championship, although he finished seventh in his last year with Mercedes last season, but managed two race wins in 2024. This year it seems that it will be his third season without victories in four years; before that, he had achieved at least one victory for 15 consecutive seasons, since his debut in 2007. Hamilton’s move to Ferrari was the talk of the 2025 preseason, but the enthusiasm quickly faded as the driver and team failed to compete at the front. Hamilton achieved pole position and victory in the sprint race in China earlier this year, but has not achieved any pole position or podium finish in a Grand Prix this year. Speaking to the written media shortly after his television interview, but before the confirmation of McLaren’s disqualification, the 40-year-old driver was asked if he could take any satisfaction from scoring a point.

Zero, I moved up 10 positions but it doesn’t mean anything. It’s still a bad weekend.

Lewis Hamilton

Hamilton is 74 points behind his teammate Charles Leclerc. Ferrari has fallen to fourth place in the constructors’ standings and, when asked if the Italian team can overtake Mercedes and Red Bull to secure second place in the teams’ championship, a dejected Hamilton said: “I don’t know how many points we have. But at this rate, with my performance, we have no chance.” “I’ve had 22 bad weekends [this season], so I anticipate a couple more,” he added. Before Las Vegas, Hamilton said his first season in red had been a “nightmare” after qualifying 12th in Brazil and then retiring from the race after a first-lap collision with Franco Colapinto. He remembered qualifying himself as “useless” after the Hungarian Grand Prix mid-year and suggested that Ferrari should change drivers. Ferrari president John Elkann urged the seven-time world champion to “talk less and focus more on his driving”. It is believed that his agreement with Ferrari extends at least until the end of 2026, although Hamilton has recently suggested that he has a contract that will extend beyond that date.