{"id":560817,"date":"2026-07-26T20:41:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-26T20:41:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/560817\/"},"modified":"2026-07-26T20:41:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-26T20:41:08","slug":"pretty-bad-lewis-hamilton-hits-out-at-ferrari-after-dropping-points-in-f1-title-race-formula-one-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/560817\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Pretty bad\u2019: Lewis Hamilton hits out at Ferrari after dropping points in F1 title race | Formula One 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lewis Hamilton expressed frustration with his Ferrari team after he dropped points in the title battle against Mercedes\u2019 Kimi Antonelli at the Hungarian Grand Prix, while Lando Norris returned to form with the defending world champion claiming his first race victory of the season<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Hamilton finished in fourth place on the track at the Hungaroring but, with a five-second penalty imposed for speeding in the pit lane, he was classified as fifth in the race won by McLaren\u2019s Norris, with Max Verstappen second for Red Bull and Antonelli third.<\/p>\n

Hamilton had been called into the pits late on for a stop under the virtual safety car, which gave him fresh tyres but cost him track position to Verstappen and Antonelli. He could not make the places back and this was the stop from which he received the penalty. The call left him questioning the strategy decisions by his team.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was pretty bad. Pretty frustrating,\u201d he said. \u201cI definitely don\u2019t think we should have taken the stop but the call came literally just before the pit-lane entry and I didn\u2019t have time to debate.<\/p>\n

Quick GuideF1 Hungarian GP resultsShow<\/p>\n

1 Lando Norris \ud83c\uddec\ud83c\udde7 McLaren 1:39:56.180 \u2013 25pts
2 Max Verstappen \ud83c\uddf3\ud83c\uddf1 Red Bull +15.080 \u2013 18pts
3 Kimi Antonelli \ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf9 Mercedes +18.728 \u2013 15pts
4 Charles Leclerc \ud83c\uddf2\ud83c\udde8 Ferrari \u00a0+23.840 \u2013 12pts
5 Lewis Hamilton \ud83c\uddec\ud83c\udde7 Ferrari\u00a0 +24.540 \u2013 10pts
6 Isack Hadjar \ud83c\uddeb\ud83c\uddf7 Red Bull +55.488 \u2013 8pts
7 George Russell \ud83c\uddec\ud83c\udde7 Mercedes +57.503 \u2013 6pts
8 Liam Lawson \ud83c\uddf3\ud83c\uddff Racing Bulls +1 lap \u2013 4pts
9 Nico H\u00fclkenberg \ud83c\udde9\ud83c\uddea Audi +1 lap \u2013 2pts
10 Arvid Lindblad \ud83c\uddec\ud83c\udde7\u00a0Racing Bulls +1 lap \u2013 1pt
11 Gabriel Bortoleto \ud83c\udde7\ud83c\uddf7 Audi +1 lap
12 Pierre Gasly \ud83c\uddeb\ud83c\uddf7 Alpine +1 lap
13 Lance Stroll \ud83c\udde8\ud83c\udde6 Aston Martin +1 lap
14 Fernando Alonso \ud83c\uddea\ud83c\uddf8 Aston Martin +1 lap
15 Franco Colapinto \ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddf7 Alpine +2 laps
16 Esteban Ocon \ud83c\uddeb\ud83c\uddf7 Haas +2 laps
17 Alexander Albon \ud83c\uddf9\ud83c\udded Williams +2 laps
18 Carlos Sainz \ud83c\uddea\ud83c\uddf8 Williams +2 laps
19 Oliver Bearman \ud83c\uddec\ud83c\udde7 Haas +2 laps
NC Oscar Piastri \ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddfa McLaren DNF
NC Sergio P\u00e9rez \ud83c\uddf2\ud83c\uddfd Cadillac DNF
NC Valtteri Bottas \ud83c\uddeb\ud83c\uddee Cadillac DNF<\/p>\n

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\u201cI would never have stopped if it meant I was giving up track position. I may have been able to hold on to P2. He [Verstappen] was catching me but most likely it would have been P3 [in front of Antonelli] and it would have been much better. Instead, I lost a bunch of points.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hamilton had been 45 points behind Antonelli but now trails the Italian by 50 points as Formula One<\/a> enters its summer break. The Briton has also been on the receiving end of a swathe of penalties in recent races, including one at Silverstone, one at Spa, a three-place grid drop in Hungary for impeding in qualifying and then pit-lane speeding during the race. He feels that the annual shutdown has come at the right moment.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ll work hard to try and come back, reset,\u201d Hamilton said. \u201cThere\u2019s still a lot of places to take. I\u2019m going to try and make sure I don\u2019t give them any reason to give any penalties moving forwards.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt has been an amazing first half given I think we\u2019ve been probably three or four-tenths down on the straights in pace and power for the first half of the season. We\u2019ve got a bit more to come in the second half and we keep on pushing. The second half will be stronger, usually the second half is a stronger period for me. So I\u2019ll really take this time to reset and try and come back stronger, fitter and better mentally prepared.\u201d<\/p>\n

Norris, who took his and McLaren\u2019s first win of the year, believes that he is driving at his very best, better even than when he won the title last season, despite being outpaced by what has been a dominant Mercedes over the opening 11 meetings.<\/p>\n

\u201cToday I would probably say it was up there with one of my best performances, in terms of extracting performance out of the car and being so close to the limit every single lap,\u201d he said. \u201cSo close that the team had to ask me to peg it back a little bit.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo although it kind of hurts me saying it because it doesn\u2019t mean that you just win, I feel I\u2019m doing a better job this year than I was last year, and I have done for a little while.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lando Norris celebrates with the McLaren team after his Hungarian Grand Prix success. Photograph: David Davies\/PA<\/p>\n

The British driver is 91 points behind Antonelli in the championship with 12 races to come. It is a huge mountain to climb but, like Hamilton, Norris said there is still much to play for in the second half of the season, especially after the significant upgrades McLaren brought to Hungary had proved so effective, even if driving the current F1 cars is still not to his and many drivers\u2019 taste.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat pleases me the most? The fact we were so quick, the fact the car was very strong today,\u201d he said. \u201cI was just very happy with a lot of things. I mean, the car was still horrible to drive at times but quick and I\u2019d rather have a horrible but quick car than anything else.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was convinced I could win the race today and we did. We were just on another level and I felt in a very good flow of things. When the car\u2019s good and when I\u2019m in a good flow, there\u2019s no stopping.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lewis Hamilton expressed frustration with his Ferrari team after he dropped points in the title battle against Mercedes\u2019…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":560818,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[85,46,105],"class_list":["post-560817","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/560817","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=560817"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/560817\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/560818"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=560817"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=560817"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=560817"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}