{"id":782039,"date":"2026-07-06T05:51:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T05:51:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/782039\/"},"modified":"2026-07-06T05:51:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T05:51:10","slug":"pretty-bad-from-the-get-go-lewis-hamilton-rues-ferraris-decision-at-british-grand-prix-formula-one-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/782039\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Pretty bad from the get-go\u2019: Lewis Hamilton rues Ferrari\u2019s decision at British Grand Prix | Formula One 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lewis Hamilton was left frustrated by his Ferrari team\u2019s late strategic decision that might have cost him second place at the British Grand Prix, after he admitted he had endured an afternoon when nothing had gone right.<\/p>\n

Ferrari opted to pit Hamilton under the safety car late in the race, which was won by Hamilton\u2019s teammate Charles Leclerc. Hamilton had been in second position at the time in front of the Mercedes of George Russell, who stayed out, giving him track position. When the race came to a finish still under the safety car, Hamilton had not had the chance to make the place back on track.<\/p>\n

When asked if he regretted the decision, Hamilton intimated he did not think it had been the right call. \u201cThe team asked me to stop,\u201d he said. \u201cI assumed in stopping that we would be holding position. If they told me, \u2018You\u2019re stopping and you\u2019re losing position,\u2019 I wouldn\u2019t have done it.\u201d<\/p>\n

In a dramatic afternoon at Silverstone<\/a>, Hamilton was also hit with a five-second penalty for a jump start and had to endure a post-race investigation for a yellow flag infringement, for which he was given a reprimand, while he admitted the car too had been a handful.<\/p>\n

\u201cCharles did a mega job today, fully deserves the win. From my side, pretty bad from the get-go. I jumped the start, which I have done very few times in the 380-odd races that I\u2019ve done,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Quick GuideF1 standings after the British Grand PrixShow<\/p>\n

Drivers’ standings
1 Kimi Antonelli Mercedes 179pts
2 George Russell Mercedes 154
3 Lewis Hamilton Ferrari 147
4 Charles Leclerc Ferrari 108
5 Lando Norris McLaren 97
6 Oscar Piastri McLaren 82
7 Max Verstappen Red Bull 76
8 Isack Hadjar Red Bull 52
9 Pierre Gasly\u00a0Alpine 42
10 Liam Lawson Racing Bulls 39
11 Arvid Lindblad Racing Bulls 20
12 Oliver Bearman Haas 18
13 Franco Colapinto\u00a0Alpine 18
14 Gabriel Bortoleto Audi 6
15 Carlos Sainz Williams 6
16 Alexander Albon\u00a0Williams 5
17 Esteban Ocon Haas \u00a03
18 Fernando Alonso Aston Martin 1<\/p>\n

Constructors’ standings
1 Mercedes 333pts
2 Ferrari 255
3 McLaren 179
4 Red Bull 128
5 Alpine 60
6 Racing Bulls 59
7 Haas 21
8 Williams 11
9 Audi 6
10 Aston Martin 1
11 Cadillac 0<\/p>\n

Thank you for your feedback.<\/p>\n

\u201cI had the biggest understeer at the beginning of the race. I just couldn\u2019t even turn the car until halfway through that first stint. Then the five-second [penalty] at the stop and then there\u2019s just one thing after the other.\u201d<\/p>\n

Nonetheless the British driver, who had anticipated being well off the pace of Mercedes at Silverstone, did welcome what was a better than expected performance from the Ferrari. \u201cIt\u2019s amazing to see the pace that we\u2019ve had this weekend at this sort of circuit,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe definitely didn\u2019t anticipate it. So just phenomenal to be a strong weekend as a team and come away with really good points is really, really special.\u201d<\/p>\n

Christian Horner made his return to the F1 paddock for the first time since he was sacked by Red Bull just after the 2025 British Grand Prix. Photograph: Jacob King\/PA<\/p>\n

The former Red Bull team principal Christian Horner<\/a> also made his return to the F1 paddock since he was sacked by the team in 2025 just 48 hours after the British GP last year.<\/p>\n

The 52-year-old is understood to want to come back to the sport but at least as a part owner of team, having been linked to Alpine, Aston Martin and also Chinese car manufacturer BYD. \u201cI\u2019d only look at doing the right thing, something that had an opportunity to win at the end of the day,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have no interest in just being a number in a machine, I\u2019ve more than demonstrated what I\u2019m capable of doing, and if I go back it would only be in a position where you were empowered to make a change, to drive difference, to win.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lewis Hamilton was left frustrated by his Ferrari team\u2019s late strategic decision that might have cost him second…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":782040,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[573],"tags":[64,63,817,813,816,85],"class_list":["post-782039","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-formula-1","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-f1","tag-formula-1","tag-formula1","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/782039","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=782039"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/782039\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/782040"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=782039"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=782039"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=782039"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}