Hamilton frustrated with Ferrari’s lack of upgrades

Experienced operator Lewis Hamilton did not fell his dissatisfaction aft Baku. He said helium would springiness thing for 1 upgrade to assistance him successful the 2025 season; but his squad has already turned its attraction to the twelvemonth 2026 and preparations for the caller epoch of Formula 1. This meant that the existent SF-25 volition person virtually nary changes.

The seven-time champion gave a alternatively acold forecast for the remainder of the year. He believes that it volition beryllium hard to travel McLaren and Red Bull; teams that perpetually bring thing caller and amended from contention to race. "We haven't taken immoderate steps forward; we're two, 3 steps behind. Red Bull brought a caller level successful the past contention and present they've picked up the pace. We should expect them to triumph a fewer much times," said the Briton.

Ferrari practice

The play successful Baku looked promising. During escaped practice, Ferrari was adjacent the apical and it seemed that it could beryllium a turning point. But mistakes happened successful qualifying; Hamilton crashed retired successful the 2nd round, and Charles Leclerc crashed his car successful Q3. In the contention itself, they finished lone eighth and ninth. At 1 point, the 40-year-old tried to springiness up the presumption to Leclerc, but that didn't enactment either.

"McLaren has been up each year. We haven't taken immoderate steps forward," the Ferrari operator emphasized, adding that helium would springiness thing for adjacent 1 upgrade: "If we suffice better, we volition person a amended presumption successful the race. I would springiness thing for an upgrade, but evidently we don't person it. The absorption is already connected the car for adjacent year, truthful each we person to bash is optimize what we person and beryllium amended successful execution."

At this point, astir teams are already investing successful 2026. The rules volition beryllium wholly new, and Ferrari has evidently decided to hole successful time. For Hamilton, this means that the remainder of this play volition beryllium much of a combat for tiny points than a superior hunt for victories. He believes that the existent instrumentality to the apical indispensable hold for the opening of a caller era.