Lewis Hamilton has admitted that he is facing difficulty in bonding with the Ferrari Formula 1 car after the Saudi Arabia Grand Prix qualifying blues.
According to Independent, the seven-time world F1 champion on Saturday, April 19, 2025, narrowly made it to the top-10 shootout in Saudi Arabian GP qualifying with P4, while his teammate Charles Leclerc once again dominates him, as he will begin his race in P4.
The 40-year-old accepted that he is finding it “very difficult to bond with his new team car but was happy to get “Q3 and P7.”
He said, “It was challenging as always, qualifying for me. I’ve been nowhere all weekend, 13th in almost every session. I feel grateful to have got to Q3. P7, not a spectacular last lap; we make improvements all weekend, needed a better lap at the end there.”
“It’s been trying to find the time and bond with this car on a single lap, it’s something I’m finding very difficult at the moment. But when there’s a will, there’s a way, we won’t give up, we’ll keep working hard,” he added.
Former Mercedes racer who has failed to qualify in the top 3 position so far in the 2025 season except for his sprint race win in China will start on the pole ahead of McLaren’s Oscar Piastri and Mercedes’ George Russell on the high-speed Jeddah street circuit on Sunday, April 20, 2025.
Notably, Hamilton is currently on no. 7 in the drivers’ standings, 52 points behind championship leader Lando Norris in the Saudi Arabia GP.
