"I'm completely useless, maybe Ferrari needs a driver change": Hamilton

Briton Lewis Hamilton , who has been world champion seven times with the Mercedes team, and who is currently working as a Ferrari driver, was very upset after being eliminated in Q2 of the 2025 Hungarian Grand Prix and finishing in twelfth place, which contrasts with the pole position achieved by his teammate Charles Leclerc.

"I'm completely useless. The team has no problems. They've already seen the car is on pole. So maybe what they need is a driver change." , he asserted.

Hamilton was dejected after admitting he was "quite off" the pace.

"I'm useless, absolutely useless," he told reporters after qualifying today, Saturday, according to the official F1 website. Later, in front of F1 TV, Hamilton insisted: "I flew badly; that's how it is."

Hamilton's elimination in Q2 at the Hungaroring circuit It came after his elimination in Q1 at the 2025 Belgian Grand Prix, although at Spa-Francorchamps he managed to recover from a late pit stop to finish seventh in the race and win Driver of the Day for his spectacular comeback.

F1 will have its fourteenth race of the year at the Hungarian Grand Prix, an event that will take place tomorrow, Sunday, August 3, at the Hungaroring, a racetrack located in Mogyoród, 30 kilometers from the city center of Budapest, the country's capital. In qualifying, Hamilton's teammate, Monegasque Charles Leclerc, took pole position and will start from first place tomorrow at the start of the race.

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