Lewis Hamilton is at risk of tainting his Formula 1 legacy, and being remembered more so for an underwhelming conclusion to his career.<\/p>\n
That is the \u201cfear\u201d expressed by former F1 driver and Australian motorsport icon David Brabham, who feels that Hamilton<\/a> should have called time on his F1 journey before now.<\/p>\n Is Lewis Hamilton at risk of \u2018twisted and tainted\u2019 F1 legacy?<\/p>\n Since losing out on a record eighth title to Max Verstappen in the Abu Dhabi 2021 decider, Hamilton has been unable to challenge for that honour.<\/p>\n Off the back of a mixed 2024 campaign with Mercedes, Hamilton switched to Ferrari, though his fortunes are yet to significantly improve. Hamilton is still waiting for his first podium in Ferrari red, though did recover from an alarming slump to come back from the summer break back on the pace of teammate Charles Leclerc.<\/p>\n Such were Hamilton\u2019s first half-season struggles, speculation began bubbling up over whether he would return after the summer break.<\/p>\n Hamilton did, but in Brabham\u2019s opinion, the F1 icon \u201cmay be carrying on a little bit too long\u201d in Formula 1.<\/p>\n Speaking with RacingNews365, Brabham \u2013 a former F1 driver and multi-time Le Mans class winner \u2013 continued: \u201cI fear for him in the sense that he\u2019s gone into quite a challenging situation with Ferrari to get them to become world champions again.<\/p>\n \u201cI can understand why he feels he could do that. Time will tell whether he can.<\/p>\n \u201cFor me, he probably should have retired a couple of years ago and gone out on a real high.\u201d<\/p>\n Furthermore, Brabham\u2019s \u201cconcern\u201d is that Hamilton will fail to rediscover the form which made him Formula 1\u2019s most successful driver.<\/p>\n \u201cAnd he\u2019ll be remembered for the last couple of years of his career more than he will be for what he\u2019s achieved, which is incredible and should be revered in that way.\u201d<\/p>\n Brabham warns that \u201cthings can get twisted and tainted if the last few seasons of your career have not gone the way you want.\u201d Therefore, he hopes Hamilton is \u201cable to pull it off\u201d at Ferrari and write a successful final career chapter.<\/p>\n Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc head-to-head<\/p>\n \ud83d\udc49\u00a0F1 2025: Head-to-head qualifying statistics between team-mates<\/a><\/p>\n