30/05/2025 21:00
Lewis Hamilton has claimed that his Ferrari was carrying a problem
which was costing him performance on Friday at the Spanish Grand
Prix. Hamilton placed third in FP1 and then was 11th in the second
session, some seven-tenths behind session leader Oscar Piastri.
Although he felt the first session delivered a better feeling,
Hamilton was relatively downbeat following the two sessions, as he
claimed the SF-25 was carrying a downforce-costing issue, claiming
at one point that he "could not drive the car" over the radio. "It
was not a good day, and I wouldn't say that I am motivating the
team at the moment," Hamilton explained. "But you've just got to
keep your head down, keep working away and just don't give up, you
keep going, keep pushing and trying to focus on solving the issues.
"You arrive on a Friday, hoping for a good day, but then it doesn't
go well, and honestly, I thought the car was going to be good
today, but it wasn't. "It wasn't too bad in FP1, but FP2 was quite
a lot worse, so that is definitely frustrating, but we had a
problem which meant we were losing some downforce, so hopefully we
can fix that for tomorrow."
