Lewis Hamilton: Canadian GP ‘crucial’ for Ferrari driver, say Sky Sports activities’ Karun Chandhok and David Croft | F1 Information

Lewis Hamilton is going through a “crucial” weekend on the Canadian Grand Prix, in keeping with Sky Sports activities F1’s Karun Chandhok and David Croft.

The seven-time world champion endured maybe his worst race up to now for Ferrari final outing on the Spanish Grand Prix, as he was outperformed to an inexplicable diploma by team-mate Charles Leclerc in Barcelona.

Whereas he delivered a Dash victory on the second spherical of the season in China, Hamilton stays and not using a grand prix podium after 9 races with the Italian staff, with Leclerc having claimed three.

Having been left despondent by his efficiency in Spain, Hamilton this week returns to the scene of his first System 1 victory in Canada in want of a momentum-changing show.

Chandhok advised the newest episode of The F1 Present: “It is beginning to get a bit crucial. We’re coming into the second third of the season now, and he isn’t discovering the rhythm. He is not discovering consistency the place week in, week out, he is in a cheerful place of the automotive.

“In Imola, he was woeful in qualifying, then abruptly the automotive’s good within the race. In Monaco, he wasn’t fairly there. He was a bit behind Charles all through.

“There’s bought to be a level of concern creeping in. While you take a look at Spain, the truth that Charles overtook him and drove away from him fairly comfortably, even earlier than we go into the completely different tyres and stuff in a while.

After a disappointing 2024 marketing campaign wherein Hamilton was outperformed by his Mercedes team-mate George Russell, there had been hope that his blockbuster change to Ferrari would supply reinvigoration, however the sample has largely continued.

Chandhok continued: “If I used to be on the Lewis facet of the storage, I’d be involved. We’re almost at midway via the yr now, we have to begin understanding whether or not this a basic difficulty, that we have to change the path of the set-up of the automotive.

“I am not disputing that he is nonetheless bought the flexibility. He clearly does. He is in a position to win races, we noticed that in China, however they should discover a candy spot for him, the place each weekend he is aware of what he is bought, and so they have not bought that.

“He is nonetheless having too many good days and unhealthy days. The fluctuations are an excessive amount of.”

Might Hamilton have obtained a morale increase?

Whereas Hamilton instructed his personal driving was liable for his appreciable deficit to Leclerc, Ferrari staff principal Frederic Vasseur stated after the race in Spain {that a} automotive difficulty had impacted the Brit’s efficiency within the latter phases.

Hamilton made no reference to a difficulty throughout his media appearances after the race, however Sky Sports activities F1 commentator Croft says gathering extra data on the scenario might have offered a morale increase.

“He was so down after Spain. Ferrari did not specified precisely what the problem was, however in keeping with Fred Vasseur there was a difficulty with the automotive within the remaining stint, and that wasn’t serving to him,” Croft stated.

“He did not have that race tempo for the primary two-thirds of the race, not to mention the final one. You go away, you return to the drafting board, do not you, and also you go and discover what’s incorrect.

“If there was one thing essentially incorrect with the automotive, then I feel that gives a morale increase to Lewis.”

Hamilton has claimed six pole positions and 7 F1 victories in Canada, the final coming in 2019, and Croft believes the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve might show the proper place to get the 40-year-old again on observe.

He stated: “I feel the subsequent race is sort of crucial for Lewis as a result of Canada is a spot he goes so nicely at. It is a spot he loves. He bought his first pole and first win there.

“That is Lewis Hamilton’s observe. If he has one other down day, such as you did in Barcelona, then there are points.

“If anybody can do it and switch it round, the seven-time world champion that’s Lewis Hamilton can positively flip that round.”

Sky Sports activities F1’s Canadian GP schedule

Thursday June 12
8pm: Drivers’ Press Convention

Friday June 13
4pm: F1 Academy Observe One
6pm: Canadian GP Observe One (session begins at 6.30pm)
8pm: The F1 Present
9pm: Workforce Principals’ Press Convention
9.30pm: Canadian GP Observe Two (session begins at 10pm)
11.25pm: F1 Academy Qualifying

Saturday June 14
2.10pm: F1 Academy Race One
5.15pm: Canadian GP Observe Three (session begins at 5.30pm)
7.30pm: F1 Academy Race Two
8.30pm: Canadian GP Qualifying build-up
9pm: CANADIAN GP QUALIFYING
11pm: Ted’s Qualifying Pocket book

Sunday June 15
3.50pm: F1 Academy Race Three
5.30pm: Grand Prix Sunday: Canadian GP build-up
7pm: THE CANADIAN GRAND PRIX
9pm: Chequered Flag: Canadian GP response
10pm: Ted’s Pocket book

The 2025 System 1 season pauses for breath after the European triple-header earlier than resuming stay on Sky Sports activities F1 with the Canadian Grand Prix from June 13-15. Stream Sky Sports activities with NOW – no contract, cancel anytime.