Lewis Hamilton Clueless over Botched Ferrari Strategy at British GP

Lewis Hamilton made his debut as a Ferrari driver at his home race this weekend. The seven-time world champion had high expectations in front of his home fans. However, Hamilton’s bad luck continued at the British GP, with another disappointing result. Now, the F1 star has admitted that strategy ruined his race this time around.

The seven-time world champion started from the third row, alongside teammate Charles Leclerc. The wet weather conditions made it challenging for drivers, with many struggling for grip. Lewis Hamilton seemed steady over the course of the race. Unfortunately, the Ferrari pitwall made a couple of wrong decisions that led to Hamilton losing a couple of places after a pitstop.

The Ferrari driver did showcase his experience in these conditions, bringing himself back up to fourth place. However, he could’ve easily been on the podium. After the race,

Lewis Hamilton admitted that the team made one bad strategy call. The British driver could not understand how he lost four positions when he came out of the pits. Though, on the bright side, this mistake allowed Nico Hulkenberg to grab his first-ever podium in Formula 1.

I think the first one [second call first pit-stop] wasn’t a good call, clearly, because we got undercut by a bunch of people, so I’m not really sure what exactly happened there. We’ll have to go back and see what happened, but I was P4 and came out P8.

Lewis Hamilton said post-race