\u201cabsolutely useless\u201d<\/a> and Ferrari \u201cprobably need to change driver\u201d.<\/p>\nHamilton\u2019s hopes of making progress around the tight, twisty Budapest venue were low and, despite the seven-time World Champion\u2019s best efforts, he ended the 70-lap encounter where he started.<\/p>\n
Summing up his day on F1 TV, Hamilton simply called it a \u201cpretty bad\u201d experience, before being asked if any progress had been possible, to which he said: \u201cNot really, no. Just stuck where I was.\u201d<\/p>\n
As for his mindset going into the summer break, Hamilton stated: \u201cSame as it was yesterday. I\u2019m glad it\u2019s over. I\u2019m looking forward to going away.\u201d<\/p>\n
In another interview with Sky Sports F1, Hamilton was asked to expand on his headline-making post-Qualifying comment that Ferrari should consider a driver change.<\/p>\n
Pushed on whether he is finding it difficult to pick himself up, and whether he could help viewers understand his remarks, Hamilton said: \u201cNot particularly. When you have a feeling, you have a feeling. There\u2019s a lot going on in the background that is not great.\u201d<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, F1 President and CEO Stefano Domenicali, who previously served as Ferrari\u2019s team boss, was keen to show his support for Hamilton amid the Briton\u2019s struggles.<\/p>\n
\u201cFirst of all, Lewis is a jewel, he is an incredible athlete, so no matter if it is a difficult moment, he will react, and I\u2019m pretty sure he will show the reason why he is here,\u201d noted Domenicali to Sky Sports F1.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe wants to achieve his eighth title, and he will triumph again. So, stay with Lewis and he will do a great race, and be very, very strong after the summer [break].\u201d<\/p>\n
Hamilton\u2019s team mate, Charles Leclerc, finished Sunday\u2019s race in fourth position \u2013 the Monegasque leading away from pole position but dropping back as strategies played out and later confirming a chassis problem<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lewis Hamilton\u2019s challenging weekend in Hungary continued on Sunday, with the Ferrari driver finishing the Grand Prix a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":42226,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[1687,372,6537,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-42225","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-f1","tag-f1","tag-formula-1","tag-formula1","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42225","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42225"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42225\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42226"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42225"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42225"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42225"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}