Lewis Hamilton left the Netherlands prematurely at the Grand Prix after lost control of his Ferrari. The former Formula 1 team boss Günther Steiner was surprised by the driving error.
“Usually Lewis is known for making the fewest mistakes. So many world championships has won, he was constant,” said Günther Steiner after the Zandvoort spectacle in the “GPBlog” podcast “F1 Today”. In search of possible causes of the failure in the third curve, the South Tyrolean is also overwhelmed: “I don’t know. Is it the pressure?”
The ex-Haas team boss added: “Whatever it was, it was a strange mistake in my opinion. It was strange like it [der Unfall, d. Red.] happened. “
Hamilton had slipped in the steep curve at drizzle, he could no longer hold his SF-25 on the track. “I’m so sorry, people,” the 40-year-old sparkled the crew after his stroke. For Hamilton it was not the only bad news in Zandvoort. He collected for the Scuderia home game in Monza (Qualifying Live on RTL+) Also a grid penalty of five places.
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According to Steiner, what is causing the record world champion in his first season with the Reds, especially the “pressure”, which after many disappointing races is on his shoulders. Because: “He is always by Charles [Leclerc] beat. “
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Steiner also recalled that the Formula 1 world brought immense expectations of Hamilton and the ambitious Ferrari project a few months ago. After the spectacular change in winter, people believed that “Lewis Hamilton comes to Ferrari, becomes world champion in Ferrari and has his eighth title … and then that doesn’t happen.”
At Ferrari, after the failure in Holland, the end was trying to incorporate new confidence to the superstar. After two “heavy races” before the summer break, Hamilton showed a good recovery until his failure, said team boss Fred Vasseur. “But the result is not the expected.”
With a view to the entire weekend, he could be “more than satisfied” with Hamilton’s performance, said the Frenchman: “Lewis’s pace was good today. He lost the car, but all in all his contribution was very good.”