Hamilton dismisses Leclerc's Dutch GP choices and finds the right path!

12:22, 31 Aug

byNorberto Mujica

After what seemed to be one of Lewis Hamilton's worst F1 spells just before the summer break this season, the Briton has managed to start regaining his sense of form, and at the tough Circuit Zandvoort, of all places. The incumbent Ferrari driver reveals the key to his upturn.

Speaking to media including GPblog, Hamilton addressed his shift in performance during the Dutch GP weekend.

It’s long since been reported that Hamilton is still yet to fully adapt to the SF-25, but now, the Briton suggests he’s found a way around it by staying consistent with the car’s configuration, rather than following teammate Charles Leclerc’s approach.

“No, no, we pretty much started the same. He went a different way this morning and I didn’t. I just stayed steady where I was.

“I think it was the right decision for me. I think I tried where he went many times through the year and it’s never been positive for me,” added Hamilton, unabashedly.

Hamilton finds path to understand SF-25

The Brit acknowledges that after 14 race weekends he is still on a learning curve with his Ferrari drive, and is still exploring — albeit with restraints due to the nature of the current era of F1 cars.

“I’m definitely learning how to extract the best from this car and realize that I’m the type that’s always searching for more, like everywhere. It’s a little bit in the tire pressure, a little bit in the blanket temperatures, a little bit in ride height, front, rear. I’m looking at everything.

“I think what’s clear, the difference from where I was before, I think here you can’t be looking for those. You have to kind of stay put most often. And I think that’s also the case with this generation of cars,” Hamilton concluded.