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Hamilton's Streak Shattered. Ferrari Still Struggle.
The legacy was tested. The redemption awaits. The team can't find any answers.
It's race weekend at your home Grand Prix, Silverstone, and you know that it has been your stage for over a decade. For 11 consecutive years, Lewis Hamilton has walked away from Silverstone with a trophy in his hand. Since 2014 he has always been on the podium there. However, his first season at Ferrari has put an end to that, where he secured 4th, behind Lando Norris in P1, Oscar Piastri in P2, and unexpectedly for the first time in his 239 race starts, 37 year old Nico Hulkenberg in P3.
The fourth place? Agonisingly close. A deep cut to
Lewis, not just for the stat, but also as he still chases a top 3 finish in red colours.
Due to recent results, it is obvious that Hamilton has not bonded with the Ferrari, and after the Grand Prix at Silverstone, he claimed to a reporter: "definitely the hardest car that I have driven in these conditions in all these years."
Holding Lewis and Ferrari back massively appears to be the lack of a well-executed strategy. Hamilton conveyed his frustration about it and stated that it was the reason for why he lost a lot of places in the British Grand Prix: "I'm not really sure how I was P4 and came out P8. That made life very difficult."
However, the problems within Ferrari have not come from just Silverstone, but instead the entire season. A season which so far, Lewis has not secured a podium and Ferrari have not secured a race win. No one is able to find a fix. Hamilton has admitted that it's "going to be painful for the rest of the year", as he urges Ferrari to look ahead for the 2026 regulation changes, instead of trying to fix the car this season.
Despite an obvious problem within the whole of Ferrari, it is clear to see that Lewis is not performing at a top level. He currently sits behind his teammate Charles Leclerc in the Drivers Championships. Is it due to age? Is it due to a change of team and a new system? Is the car's pace just simply not there? Questions are certainly getting raised about Hamilton's ability, and whether his best days are behind him. Following his P4 in Silverstone, the Briton has endured 13 straight races without a top-three finish. That is the longest podium drought in his career so far.
Silverstone was a test. A test of patience, reality, and emotion. It ripped apart an 11 year record. There has been no wins yet. There has been no podiums yet, but Lewis is still standing. 40 years old but the fire in his belly has not extinguished. Not just yet.
Ferrari are stuck between short term hope or long term revival. The future cannot be read, and with the regulation changes next season, anything can happen. Next year could very much be Hamilton's year for one final time.
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