Lewis Hamilton: Nico Rosberg presents evaluation on ex-team-mate’s ‘tough’ begin at Ferrari | F1 Information

Nico Roberg admitted it was “laborious to observe” Lewis Hamilton seem so downbeat after his former team-mate’s disappointing Spanish Grand Prix.

Hamilton admitted he did not “know what to say” in his Sky Sports activities F1 interview after final Sunday’s race as he mirrored on what he described as “horrible” afternoon on the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, which noticed him end sixth.

Having focused the primary podium of his Ferrari profession after qualifying in a promising joint-season better of fifth, Hamilton overtook former Mercedes team-mate George Russell at first however quickly struggled with an absence of grip from his automobile.

He was requested by Ferrari to let team-mate Charles Leclerc by means of within the first stint, was undercut by Russell on the second spherical of stops, after which was overtaken by Sauber’s Nico Hulkenberg after a late Security Automotive had closed the pack up.

And Sky Sports activities F1 pundit Rosberg mentioned after seeing Hamilton’s post-race interview: “It is laborious to observe.

“Sunday was a horrible day for him as a result of he was simply sluggish on the market, which could be very uncommon,

“Sure, typically he is been a bit bit off in qualifying however in races he is normally actually superior and the race was shockingly unhealthy.

“He does not have solutions both. Was there injury on the ground? These flooring are so delicate and there can all the time be a bit there and also you lose quite a lot of time. Or what was happening?

“When you have no solutions, it is actually powerful as a driver and then you definately see your team-mate race their option to third place on the rostrum. In gentle of the entire season he is had to date, it is a very darkish state of affairs.”

Though Hamilton urged his race-day struggles in Spain have been “most likely simply me”, Ferrari group boss Frederic Vasseur did reveal afterwards that “we had a problem on the automobile the final stint, earlier than the Security Automotive”. The Frenchman didn’t elaborate on what the problem on the SF-25 was, including that “we’ll look into it”.

Hamilton had mentioned to engineer Riccardo Adami over group radio on the finish of the race: “There’s one thing incorrect with this automobile, mate. It is the worst it is ever been.”

‘There’s one thing lacking’ – Rosberg’s verdict on Hamilton’s begin at Ferrari

With Ferrari’s hopes of mounting a problem for each world championships rapidly not materialising this season amid their 17-year title drought, Hamilton is sixth within the Drivers’ Championship after 9 races – 23 behind fifth-placed team-mate Leclerc, who claimed his second successive podium in Spain.

Final Saturday was simply the second time in 9 makes an attempt that Hamilton had outqualified Leclerc for a Grand Prix, whereas he has nonetheless solely overwhelmed the Monegasque as soon as in a full race.

And Rosberg, a childhood buddy of Hamilton’s in karting turned Mercedes team-mate and in the end fierce title rival, mentioned: “It has been a tough begin to date, a continuation of the shape he had final yr which was the primary time in his profession he had a dip in type for the entire season.

“George Russell beat him final yr and Leclerc has taken over from Russell, all the time a bit forward of Lewis, who hasn’t discovered his means but.

“There’s one thing lacking. He is not connecting with the automobile but and nonetheless a bit on the backfoot however the automobile is a handful.

“Lewis’ strengths on this stage of his profession is his race tempo, which we noticed in Imola when he began twelfth and completed fourth with blistering tempo. It was superb to observe.

“However, he is 40 and sooner or later, it is all in regards to the velocity of processing in our brains, the response time in qualifying.

“Sooner or later you’re going to get ever so barely slower and it’ll occur to Lewis sooner moderately than later.”

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