26/08/2025 16:35
F1 fans have backed Lewis Hamilton to snap his long drought without
a grand prix podium in the second-half of the season, despite his
Ferrari woes. After 14 races in 2025, Hamilton is yet to record a
grand prix podium for Ferrari, taking a best finish of fourth at
Imola, in Austria and in his home British GP. It is the first time
in his career he has failed to score a podium before the summer
break. The 202-time podium sitter is also on the worst run of his
career, having not stood on a grand prix podium in 16 races,
stretching back to a second place at the 2024 Las Vegas GP for
Mercedes. Hamilton's Ferrari struggles have been well-documented
this year, with a particular gripe being the brakes of the Ferrari,
which use Brembo materials compared to the Carbon Industrie ones
Mercedes uses. After a particularly difficult qualifying in
Hungary, where he was 12th, Hamilton declared he was "useless" and
that Ferrari should look for "another driver." He finished a lapped
12th in that race, but signalled he would be at the Dutch Grand
Prix after the summer break, with F1 fans overwhelmingly backing
the seven-time champion to score a podium at some point. In the
poll, a variety of scenarios were put forward, with no single one
achieving an outright majority, but the plurality was achieved by
those believing Hamilton would claim just a single podium. That
achieved 31.92% of votes cast, with almost three-quarters of
voters, 72.8%, believing he will claim a podium. However, nearly
one in four voters, 22.69%, believed Hamilton would go through the
entire season without a podium. Check out the full results below
and make sure to look out for the next RacingNews365 poll! Will
Lewis Hamilton claim a podium in the final 10 races?
