The traits Lewis Hamilton had throughout his illustrious career are not suitable for his current Ferrari, which is explained.
The seven-time F1 champion made the biggest driver move in the history of the sport when he left Mercedes for a Ferrari this season.
However, that has not yet been translated into the Grand Prix results, suggesting that the record-breaking eighth driver title is likely.
Alex Brundle poured Hamilton data and found inappropriate driving characteristics for the SF-25.
“He talked about turning the car towards him, and he talked about turning himself towards the car,” Brandle told the F1 Nation Podcast.
“I look at Lewis data every weekend, and the characteristics are the same.
“He goes into high speed corners and puts a little more brake pressure than Charles Leclerc.
“You can draw a line directly up the wheel speed graph. It becomes a steering trace and the brakes are perfectly aligned with a little movement.
“It just confuses Ferrari everywhere.
“Leclerc is Mr. measured with the brakes.
“I know Lewis has a problem with the same thing. I looked at the data at Mercedes.
“Can he coach himself from lifelong driving skills to move towards a car? We will know.
“Look at Williams’ Carlos Sainz.
“He’s completely involved in their way. Since Lewis is still behind the game at Ferrari, I wonder if that’s possible.”
Lewis Hamilton dissects his struggle at Ferrari
McLaren’s Andrea Stella commented at the F1 Saudi Arabia Grand Prix. This generation of cars are so fast that drivers don’t have time to think about it, essentially instinctively drive the fastest lap.
It would make Hamilton’s learning process even more clever.
“Running a car is a killer’s distinctive feature, especially if you’re late,” Brandle said.
“Because you’re looking for time and it’s going to punish you again. It gets worse and worse.”
Hamilton has not improved his teammate Leclair’s results at the Grand Prix in five attempts this year.
His post-session interviews are becoming increasingly discouraged in the latest round.
Hamilton’s issue on Saturday at the qualifying pace took over when he was presented with a performance highlighted by George Russell at Mercedes last year.
“It happens every Saturday,” he admitted in Bahrain after another unfortunate run.
Hamilton admitted that he had no idea when his “painful” form would improve and was unable to provide a timeline for progress.
He also made it clear that he cannot blame his Ferrari for his difficulties.
The issue of qualifying pace extends to Leclerc, which has admitted that Saturday’s struggle bans better results on Sunday.