Ferrari left 'completely blind' by Hamilton car fault

Lewis Hamilton was forced to settee for a fourth-placed decorativeness astatine Sunday’s British Grand Prix, ending the contention 5 seconds down Nico Hulkenberg successful 3rd arsenic helium drove 'completely blind' astatine Silverstone.

Hamilton had secured a podium decorativeness astatine each Silverstone contention since 2014, an bonzer tally that ended implicit the rain-soaked weekend.

The Ferrari operator mislaid aggregate places during a deluge connected thigh 12 but recovered to pursuit Hulkenberg down, though it wasn’t enough for the erstwhile Mercedes poster boy. Ferrari’s undercut effort connected thigh 41 arsenic Hamilton switched to slick tyres didn’t wage off, but determination was different crushed for the 40-year-old’s nonaccomplishment to podium.

While it’s casual to support way of a car during a Formula One race, a car responsibility near Ferrari ‘completely blind’ astatine Silverstone. Ferrari brag Fred Vasseur has outlined that losing the GPS information thwarted Hamilton’s chances of finishing wrong the apical three.

“We mislaid the GPS of Lewis each the race,” Vasseur said. “It means that we are wholly unsighted and didn’t cognize wherever the car was. It was a hard one.”

Lewis Hamilton finished 4th astatine Silverstone connected Sunday. (Image: Getty)

GPS information plays a captious relation successful modern F1 cars, arsenic a driver’s circumstantial presumption connected the way allows the squad to crippled pit strategies.

As such, Vasseur has admitted that they brought Hamilton into the pits 1 thigh excessively early, which yet proved costly.

“I deliberation you tin accidental present that it was astir apt 1 thigh excessively early, besides due to the fact that helium went consecutive successful Turns 3-4 and mislaid 4 oregon 5 seconds successful these 2 corners,” the Ferrari main added.

Ferrari and Hamilton's stuttering commencement to 2025

Ferrari and Hamilton person endured a rocky commencement to beingness unneurotic aft the second near Mercedes for the erstwhile for the commencement of the 2025 play to regenerate Carlos Sainz Jr for the iconic manufacturer.

The Ferrari operator has antecedently spoken of the trouble of driving the car successful bedewed conditions, and volition talk with designers to guarantee applicable improvements are made up of the 2026 season.

Hamilton’s fourth-placed decorativeness connected Sunday means helium is present sixth successful the Drivers’ Championship connected 103 points, 131 points down person Oscar Piastri.

However, Hamilton did adjacent the spread connected teammate Charles Leclerc to 16 points implicit the weekend, the 27-year-old presently 5th with 119 points.

Hamilton has spoken of the trouble of driving Ferrari successful bedewed conditions. (Image: Getty)

McLaren dominating

Ferrari, meanwhile, are 2nd successful the Constructors’ standings with 222 points, but they mislaid crushed connected McLaren, who are present mode retired up connected 460 points aft Lando Norris claimed archetypal astatine Silverstone, with Piastri pursuing his teammate successful second.

There is present a three-week interruption betwixt races, with the drivers present looking up to the Belgian expansive prix astatine the extremity of the month.