{"id":885936,"date":"2026-09-06T20:48:14","date_gmt":"2026-09-06T20:48:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/885936\/"},"modified":"2026-09-06T20:48:14","modified_gmt":"2026-09-06T20:48:14","slug":"lewis-hamilton-rules-out-world-title-challenge-after-italian-grand-prix-setback-formula-one-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/885936\/","title":{"rendered":"Lewis Hamilton rules out world title challenge after Italian Grand Prix setback | Formula One 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lewis Hamilton has conceded the Formula One<\/a> world championship this year is all but out of reach after a bruising Italian Grand Prix. Hamilton\u2019s afternoon included a clash with his Ferrari teammate Charles Leclerc, which he thought was the result of the team\u2019s failure to listen to his entreaties to manage their drivers and execute races better.<\/p>\n

The race at Monza was won by Kimi Antonelli<\/a> after a remarkable comeback by the Mercedes driver from 19th on the grid. Hamilton could manage only sixth. Having been 59 points back he now trails Antonelli by 76 with 10 meetings remaining and he felt that Ferrari not prioritising his title chances, coupled with operational failures, had finally cost him a shot at the drivers\u2019 championship.<\/p>\n

\u201cFrom today, we\u2019ve just lost so much ground to them on points. It\u2019s far too late for those decisions to come,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s many, many weeks too late. All I can do is just try and turn up. I\u2019ll get up tomorrow morning and I\u2019ll give it my best. I don\u2019t know how many points it is now but it\u2019s an amount and with the pace that they [Mercedes] have, it is a very, very difficult amount to close up.\u201d<\/p>\n

Leclerc did not finish the race after a huge crash on lap two from which he emerged unhurt. Before that on the first lap at the first chicane, Hamilton looked to go past his teammate but was squeezed wide, went off and dropped to 10th place.<\/p>\n

The seven\u2011time champion said immediately that Leclerc had driven him off track and noted pointedly that the incident demonstrated where Ferrari had been going wrong and that the team principal, Fred Vasseur, had to bear responsibility.<\/p>\n

\u201cLook I don\u2019t race dirty, I have always raced clean and fairly and always left space, so I don\u2019t think they should be worried about me,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019ve come into the team and tried to be respectful of space but ultimately it comes from the top. It trickles down. So it starts with Fred and there\u2019s only so much you can say and push and shout from the mountaintop.<\/p>\n

Quick GuideItalian F1 GP resultsShow<\/p>\n

1 Kimi Antonelli \ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf9 Mercedes 1:51:15.281 \u2013 25pts
2 George Russell \ud83c\uddec\ud83c\udde7 Mercedes +3.875 \u2013 18pts
3 Max Verstappen \ud83c\uddf3\ud83c\uddf1 Red Bull +14.718 \u2013 15pts
4 Lando Norris \ud83c\uddec\ud83c\udde7 McLaren \u00a0+19.056 \u2013 12pts
5 Oscar Piastri \ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddfa McLaren\u00a0 +19.253 \u2013 10pts
6 Lewis Hamilton \ud83c\uddec\ud83c\udde7 Ferrari +24.655 \u2013 8pts
7 Pierre Gasly \ud83c\uddeb\ud83c\uddf7 Alpine +27.351 \u2013 6pts
8 Arvid Lindblad \ud83c\uddec\ud83c\udde7\u00a0Racing Bulls +45.136 \u2013 4pts
9 Franco Colapinto \ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddf7 Alpine +47.353 \u2013 2pts
10 Yuki Tsunoda \ud83c\uddef\ud83c\uddf5 Racing Bulls +58.187 \u2013 1pt
11 Gabriel Bortoleto \ud83c\udde7\ud83c\uddf7 Audi +65.187
12 Nico H\u00fclkenberg \ud83c\udde9\ud83c\uddea Audi +66.187
13 Carlos Sainz \ud83c\uddea\ud83c\uddf8 Williams +74.117
14 Liam Lawson \ud83c\uddf3\ud83c\uddff Red Bull +75.609
15 Oliver Bearman \ud83c\uddec\ud83c\udde7 Haas +78.958
16 Esteban Ocon \ud83c\uddeb\ud83c\uddf7 Haas +1 lap
17 Alexander Albon \ud83c\uddf9\ud83c\udded Williams +1 lap
18 Sergio P\u00e9rez \ud83c\uddf2\ud83c\uddfd Cadillac +1 lap
19 Valtteri Bottas \ud83c\uddeb\ud83c\uddee Cadillac +2 laps
NC Lance Stroll \ud83c\udde8\ud83c\udde6 Aston Martin DNF
NC Fernando Alonso \ud83c\uddea\ud83c\uddf8 Aston Martin DNF
NC Charles Leclerc \ud83c\uddf2\ud83c\udde8 Ferrari DNF<\/p>\n

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\u201cI\u2019ve already said that we had to look at how we communicate because if we continue to travel the same path, we\u2019ll get the same result.\u201d<\/p>\n

Leclerc is now 112 points behind Antonelli and Vasseur intimated that the team would now consider prioritising Hamilton.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe outcome of [turns] one-two is not good for the team,\u201d Vasseur said.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIf we have a team order or whatever? I think that the good comparison that I made was that last year, [Oscar] Piastri was leading McLaren at this stage of the season and if McLaren had put everything on Piastri, Max Verstappen would have been champion.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt one stage you have to take a decision but I think it was too early to take a decision before Monza. Now, we have time to discuss with the guys.\u201d<\/p>\n

The discussion will have to be swift with the next round in Madrid next weekend but Hamilton was emphatic that Ferrari had to address the issues and once more compared the Scuderia\u2019s operational activities unfavourably with his former team, the championship leaders Mercedes.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I was at Mercedes we had written rules of engagement. And we never really had it too bad,\u201d he said. \u201cThere was a moment with me and Nico [Rosberg] a couple of times but more often than not, it was good. Here there are no rules. That\u2019s something that needs to probably change.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lewis Hamilton has conceded the Formula One world championship this year is all but out of reach after…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":885937,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[441],"tags":[49,48,578,576,577,82],"class_list":["post-885936","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-formula-1","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-f1","tag-formula-1","tag-formula1","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/885936","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=885936"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/885936\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/885937"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=885936"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=885936"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=885936"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}