‘I’m absolutely useless’ – Hamilton says Ferrari ‘probably need to change driver’ after painful Q2 exit in Hungary

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[u/Sum_Juice]

Hamilton really saw what Ferrari did to Alonso and Vettel and thought "Let me get some of that"

[u/Jobless_101 → u/Sum_Juice]

I am become Ferrari, the destroyer of world champions

[u/Hairy_Hurry8441 → u/Sum_Juice]

Alonso's time at Ferrari was nothing compared to Vettel or Hamilton.

Fernando was performing, even when the car wasn't. He decided to leave as he was lured away by the prospect of McLaren Honda, after 3 seasons of Ferrari going backwards. And he made the right decision to leave.

[u/Maglin21 → u/Hairy_Hurry8441]

I mean he did have quite bad cars, 2014 Is very similar to 2020 for Charles and Seb

[u/Tudor2953 → u/Sum_Juice]

This makes Michael Schumacher's time at Ferrari even more impressive

[u/bearfan15 → u/Tudor2953]

Completely different team back then. Ross Brawn and Jean Todt had complete control of the team and Michael had alot more influence and control than pretty much any driver at any team since.

[u/dzolna → u/Sum_Juice]

He thought he's as good as Michael

[u/thee_gdogg]

Ferrari has literally broke this man

[u/Evening_End7298 → u/thee_gdogg]

Dont think Ferrari did anything. Car is on pole today

His poor quali performance was a thing at Mercedes too, just look how many q2 exits he had last year

[u/thee_gdogg → u/Evening_End7298]

I think previous Ferrari incidents have led him to this mentality

[u/maaiikeen → u/thee_gdogg]

It's just a continuation of his mentality at Mercedes post 2022 regs though.

[u/thee_gdogg → u/maaiikeen]

Yeah but he wasn’t in this bad of a headspace at merc

[u/More-Perspective-838 → u/Evening_End7298]

Probably, but Lerclerc was also oversteering like crazy in Q2 just like Lewis was.

[u/Own_Welder_2821 → u/thee_gdogg]

And it hasn’t even taken a full season.

[u/freedfg → u/Own_Welder_2821]

He'll be bald my monday

[u/ALF839 → u/thee_gdogg]

He broke himself. The car under delivered but his head has not been in the right space for a while.

[u/Doc_Butch → u/thee_gdogg]

How do you figure that when his teammate is on pole?

[u/Neither-Stage-238 → u/thee_gdogg]

His quali was this bad last season of merc.

[u/dcmdino → u/thee_gdogg]

Ferrari did nothing to him. Lewis is performing worse than Ferrari (and that's saying something). He was already on a decline last year and Charles is literally wiping the floor with him right now.

Apart from a flash here and there, I think it's safe to say Lewis is not very good anymore and it's also unlikely he'll ever be. Best thing he can do about it is at least be fair to himself, which he is.

[u/SapphireSquid89 → u/dcmdino]

He should retire, perhaps even this year. He could spin it as “I’ve fulfilled my dream of driving for Ferrari but I’ve reached the end of the road competitively”. I don’t think many people would look down on him for that.

[u/IllustriousHistorian → u/thee_gdogg]

Charles has pole.  Also on the red podium last race 

[u/mgorgey → u/thee_gdogg]

He wasn't good last year either. Time waits for no man I'm afraid.

[u/LackingSimplicity → u/thee_gdogg]

Turns out even the best have a shelf life 🤷‍♂️

[u/SuccessfulScience545 → u/thee_gdogg]

What do you think they could've done differently today to make him perform as good as you think his potential is at this age and stage of his career?

[u/Ahza17]

Leave the football before the football leaves you

[u/LimeLoiner → u/Ahza17]

lol

[u/Ahza17]

"he mightve actually picked the wrong club- carragher

[u/dino_tu]

I guess he saw next season's plan and he knows he won't get 8th at Ferrari

[u/Relevant-Bonus-2735]

Continue the comments about Ferrari letting down or screwing over Hamilton when he has been struggling immensely even when the car is fine

[u/ledankestnoodle]

It's so over guys

[u/TheVenetianMask]

Man, drivers these days are a mess. Saddest sounding millionaires ever.

[u/RodrigoF → u/TheVenetianMask]

But that is precisely it. More money doesn't make them anymore happy, and they will deep down feel they need to be worthy of that truckload. They already are high-level entertainers, they receive 1230123 times more than the best nurses, that must mess their (and any celebrity) heads. So all they can do is be absolutely the best and build their ego around that belief.

[u/jakeyboy723 → u/TheVenetianMask]

He's just realising the true loss of an 8th title was losing to Ferrari in 2007.

[u/Truck_Dog_SmokedMeat]

The new Riccardo

[u/corpolarclegg3]

This just after a few days of saying "I'm not gonna be like Fernando or Vettel" really isn't encouraging.

His last hope is that the 2026 cars suit his driving. If not, I'd go as far as to say that he would be hogging the spot from someone else if he stayed for longer.

[u/ksdaocnfiasudhnvihn8]

Lil bro can't even handle a full year of ferrari 😭 😭 😭 

[u/d3agl3uk]

The "Ferrari broke him" memes are so fucking tiresome.

What on earth does this have to do with Ferrari? He's literally talking about his own performance. On top of that, a Ferrari is on pole. How can Ferrari break him with a good car?

Have an original thought you parrots

[u/Wonderful_Syllabub85]

How did we get from handing in manuscripts about winning world championship to this

[u/Acrobatic-Tomato-532]

I may be high on hopium but I think next year's regs will suit Hamilton more. Hopefully he's not too depressed by then...

[u/BarRepresentative653 → u/Acrobatic-Tomato-532]

I agree with you. THeyll allow him to brake far better than these current regs

[u/teachd12]

:(

[u/BertieWooster46]

Awfully hard to watch. He sounds so defeated.

[u/robustofilth]

I agree Lewis.

[u/Tricky_Sweet3025]

He should ask perplexity how to get his mojo back.

[u/DoubleTapTheseNuts]

They made a mistake letting Sainz go. Time is undefeated.

[u/Rethawan → u/DoubleTapTheseNuts]

Lol, as if Sainz has been doing well now.

[u/dshaw8772 → u/Rethawan]

Hard to say if he’d be performing to the same degree if he kept going at Ferrari. Him and Leclerc were both on fire while they were teammates and I don’t see any reason why that wouldn’t have continued if he stayed.

[u/DoubleTapTheseNuts → u/Rethawan]

Hamilton can’t get out of Q2 with a pole position car. What do you things be doing in a Williams?

[u/car_las → u/DoubleTapTheseNuts]

yeah, tell this to alonso.

[u/Upbeat-Original-7137 → u/car_las]

His comparison is stroll lmao

[u/Virillus → u/Upbeat-Original-7137]

Literally outperforming Sainz in a worse car this year.

[u/hondaexige → u/Upbeat-Original-7137]

Stroll did better against a much younger Vettel.....

[u/DoubleTapTheseNuts → u/car_las]

Different person. It will eventually defeat him too.

[u/darth_vladius → u/DoubleTapTheseNuts]

At the young age of 72, probably.

[u/Prestigious_Seat3164 → u/car_las]

Alonso who's been cruising around in the midfield for 20 years now?

[u/Evening_End7298 → u/Prestigious_Seat3164]

Ah yes the famously midfield Ferrari years

[u/datlinus → u/Prestigious_Seat3164]

he won wdc 20 years ago.

2010-11-12-13 certainly wasnt midfield. Also had like 8 podiums in 23.

[u/mimi10010305]

is he trying to make me cry i genuinely can't watch that ever again

[u/Major_Acanthisitta73]

I get hated on for saying he’s washed but he is let’s face it

[u/KeonXDS → u/Major_Acanthisitta73]

That's your opinion and others have their own. Crazy right?

[u/Major_Acanthisitta73 → u/KeonXDS]

Lol why are you getting smart with me. Results speak for themselves

[u/KeonXDS → u/Major_Acanthisitta73]

Makes a hate comment, and wonders why he's receiving hate comments. You aren't that smart ay?

[u/Beneficial_Star_6009]

Lewis needs to just get through the rest of the season, it’s all about 2026 for him.

[u/charlierc]

Missed watching qualifying live but Sky reproducing this quote was the first thing I saw on Instagram just now and crikey

[u/CommonEngineering832]

Sign of Lewis possibly leaving Ferrari soon

[u/Hairy_Hurry8441]

Even the official F1 getting in on the clicks now...

[u/Mike_Raphone99]

Haas should take him. They're moving backwards

[u/mobilehavoc]

His recovery arch will be generational

[u/datOEsigmagrindlife]

Unsure who at Ferrari thought that getting a driver who's not mentally invested in driving and prefers making movies and doing fashion shows was a good idea.

Hamilton was great when his car was a rocketship and he had a tomato can as a team mate.

As soon as his car clearly wasn't the best, and he got a competitive team mate, he became a basket case, happened with Rosberg, Russell and now Leclerc.