Hamilton called himself ‘useless’ after a poor showing in the 2025 Hungarian GP. Now he has F1's summer break to find improvements

Hamilton raced to 12th position—the worst result of his Ferrari career—after starting from the same place on a weekend in which teammate Charles Leclerc claimed pole position and led swathes of the race until a mysterious and undiagnosed issue slowed his car.

Anthony Davidson has addressed the “elephant in the room” of Lewis Hamilton ’s age when discussing the British F1 driver’s difficult start to life at Ferrari. Hamilton, 40, is in his 19th season in Formula One but has endured his worst-ever start to a season, failing to finish on the podium in the first 14 races of the campaign.