Lewis Hamilton Declares He ‘Pulled the Plug’ During Summer Break to Bounce Back at Dutch GP

Lewis Hamilton has endured a challenging first half of the 2025 season. The Briton has failed to amass any notable results in races apart from a sprint race win in China. The 40-year-old could bounce back from the struggles after recharging over the summer break. As such, Hamilton revealed how he tackled the self-doubts and mental stress following a difficult outing with the Scuderia this year.

Lewis Hamilton had already accepted that the summer break would be very emotional for him, keeping in mind the struggles this year. The Briton had remained vocal about the unexpected issues he faced at the Italian constructor since the beginning. Despite consistent efforts from Ferrari, Hamilton was unable to return to his winning ways and put forth results that he promised at the beginning of the season.

Given the intense performance struggles, Lewis Hamilton had deemed himself absolutely useless and was extremely self-loathing. As such, Hamilton would have endured a challenging summer break as well, since he couldn’t score results good enough to prove his racing prowess to the paddock. Hence, the 40-year-old revealed how he dealt with the mental stress and how he is now recharged.

Lewis Hamilton insisted that he pulled the plug on all the F1-related activities over the summer break. This helped him return to the grid even more determined and motivated than before. Hamilton insisted that the team would change their approach on track and keep working hard with their heads down. The seven-time champion also hoped to have fun in the process and start scoring much better results in the races to come.

I totally pulled the plug during the summer, and I feel determined and motivated. We’ll work hard, we’ll keep our heads down, we’ll try to change some things in our approach, and maybe we’ll even start having fun.

Lewis Hamilton said, as reported by formulapassion.it

Lewis Hamilton will ‘try to have fun’ in last 10 races

Ferrari’s performance hasn’t been flawless either, as they have suffered from blunders in multiple race strategies and team orders. Subsequently, Lewis Hamilton even lashed out at his race engineer on multiple occasions, as he wasn’t too impressed with such issues. As such, the seven-time champion now hoped for a much better outing in the final half of the 2025 season.