Hamilton addresses potential F1 retirement date amid Alonso teasing

Speaking in an interview with L’Equipe, the seven-time world champion said he has no intention of hanging up his helmet anytime soon.

So far, the former Mercedes driver has not had an easy first season at Ferrari. After sixteen races, the Englishman has yet to reach the podium, unlike his teammate, who has done so five times already.

This is compounded by several statements he made during the season, including one in Hungary, when he described himself as “useless,” urging the team to consider another driver.

More broadly, in recent years—including his final seasons at Mercedes—Hamilton, aside from a few occasional flashes of brilliance, hasn’t been able to replicate the dominant form he showed during the hybrid era. This has led some to wonder if he has passed his prime.

Addressing this very question on Channel 4, David Coulthard stated: “The old cliche is it never rains, but it pours. It just feels that off the back of the end of his Mercedes run alongside George, he’d lost his mojo there.

“We hoped that he would rediscover it at Ferrari, be energised by the power of the Tifosi, but it just hasn’t worked out This is not an opinion business, because I know there’ll be people at home going, ‘how dare you say something negative about Lewis Hamilton?’

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