30/04/2025 08:20
Ralf Schumacher believes Lewis Hamilton's victory in the China
sprint race was "no accident", and that the Ferrari driver can turn
his struggles around. Despite winning the Shanghai sprint, Hamilton
has endured a slow start to life at Ferrari, and has 31 points from
the five races thus far - including eight for winning the first
sprint of the season. The Briton expressed a major worry that his
form would not improve in 2025 after a seventh-place finish in
Saudi Arabia as he struggles to adapt to the Ferrari and find a
consistent balance. However, six-time F1 race winner Schumacher
believes Hamilton can dig his way out of the slump he is currently
in. "The expectations are very high, and Ferrari wants value for
money," Schumacher told the Sky Sports F1 Germany podcast. "That
means he has to make sure he performs. He probably will, because
China was no accident. "It's not that he can't do it. He just has
to find the conditions and the car that suits him, and there are
definitely circuits coming up that suit him. "If he gives up now,
it would be very early. "I can hardly believe that, but if he does,
then of course the team will be fully focused on Charles Leclerc,
and developing the car more in his direction. "You can't develop
two cars in one team, it doesn't work. The course is then clear."
