Hamilton brutal on himself: 'My worst laps at the moment'

Throughout the weekend, Ferrari were losing to McLaren, and Hamilton knows why. "They've [McLaren] got an upgrade this weekend and they've been massively quick through the first sector all weekend. But I just try not to think too much of it and just try to push," said the Briton to media present at Jeddah.

However, there was more potential in the SF-25 as Charles Leclerc proved, edging out the 7-time world champion in qualifying yet again, something Hamilton notes. "I wasn't able to extract that. Q3 laps aren't very good. Q3 laps are pretty poor, that's like my worst laps at the moment so I need to work on that."

As for the Grand Prix itself, Hamilton is uncertain of what his possibilities may be, so he keeps it simple.