{"id":21217,"date":"2025-08-03T05:17:48","date_gmt":"2025-08-03T09:17:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/hamilton-criticizes-himself-useless-and-suggests-a-driver-change-at-ferrari\/"},"modified":"2025-08-03T05:17:48","modified_gmt":"2025-08-03T09:17:48","slug":"hamilton-criticizes-himself-useless-and-suggests-a-driver-change-at-ferrari","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/f1\/hamilton-criticizes-himself-useless-and-suggests-a-driver-change-at-ferrari\/","title":{"rendered":"Hamilton criticizes himself: &#8220;Useless&#8221; and suggests a driver change at Ferrari"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Hamilton Questions Himself After Poor Qualifying in Hungary<\/h2>\n\nPilot Lewis Hamilton expressed his frustration after a disappointing qualifying session for the Hungarian Grand Prix, where he finished in 12th position.\n\nHamilton, visibly affected, described himself as &#8220;absolutely useless&#8221; after failing to advance to the final phase of qualifying at the Hungaroring circuit.\n\nThe seven-time world champion was knocked out by just 0.015 seconds, while his Ferrari teammate, Charles Leclerc, surprisingly secured the <em>pole position<\/em>.\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a3.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2025%2F0802%2Fr1526933_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg\" alt=\"Charles Leclerc took Ferrari&#039;s first pole position of the season as Lewis Hamilton finished 12th.\" title=\"\"><figcaption>Charles Leclerc logr\u00f3 la primera <em>pole position<\/em> de la temporada para Ferrari, mientras Lewis Hamilton finaliz\u00f3 en la posici\u00f3n 12.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\nUpon returning to the boxes after the session, Hamilton communicated to his team via radio: &#8220;Every time, every time.&#8221;\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>I am useless. Absolutely useless.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\nWhen asked about the possibility of Ferrari working to adapt the car to his driving style, Hamilton replied:\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>The team has no problems. You can see that the car is on <em>pole<\/em> [with Leclerc]. They probably need to change drivers.<\/p><cite>Lewis Hamilton<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\nThis result marks the third disappointing qualifying session for Hamilton in the last two weeks, after being eliminated in the sprint qualifying and in the first qualifying session for the Belgian Grand Prix.\n\nThis situation adds to a complicated first half of the season for Hamilton, who joined Ferrari from Mercedes during the winter, but has had difficulties adapting to the car in the first 13 races.\n\nHis best result remains a victory in the sprint race at the Chinese Grand Prix, although he has yet to reach the podium in a Grand Prix.\n\nIn the Belgian Grand Prix, he took advantage of a race in rainy conditions to climb to seventh position from the start in the <em>pit lane<\/em>, but doubted that the rain forecast for Sunday would offer a similar opportunity in Hungary.\n\n&#8220;I don&#8217;t think anything can help me right now,&#8221; he added.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hamilton Questions Himself After Poor Qualifying in Hungary Pilot Lewis Hamilton expressed his frustration after a disappointing qualifying session for the Hungarian Grand Prix, where he finished in 12th position. Hamilton, visibly affected, described himself as &#8220;absolutely useless&#8221; after failing to advance to the final phase of qualifying at the Hungaroring circuit. 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