Lewis Hamilton has given his verdict on Formulation 1’s present era of automobiles, with the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix being the final race earlier than the laws change considerably from the 2026 season. Unsurprisingly, the seven-time champion’s opinions are damning following a difficult 4 years combating in opposition to the ground-effect automobiles.
Talking forward of the Abu Dhabi race, the Ferrari driver made it clear that he had taken little pleasure from these previous couple of years of driving.Â
“There’s not a single factor I will miss about these automobiles,” he informed the media. “It is so simple as that. I’ve not loved it.”
Requested to check these ground-effect period automobiles to earlier laws, the 105-time race winner ran via the extra rewarding eras.
“2017 was cool as a result of it was a much bigger, wider automotive. It simply appeared beefier and had extra downforce. It was mega. This era was most likely the worst one, I might say. And I am praying that the subsequent one shouldn’t be worse than that.”
From 2026, F1 strikes to a brand new laws bundle with diminished downforce, a vastly completely different powertrain, and lively aerodynamics. Hamilton has began simulator work with Ferrari, and whereas he did not criticise the modifications, he admitted his hesitancy.
“I believe it is actually, actually exhausting to foretell what it may be like. I do not wish to say too many unfavourable issues. It feels a lot completely different and I am undecided you are going to prefer it.
Lewis Hamilton, Ferrari
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“However possibly I will be shocked and possibly it will be superb. Possibly overtaking will likely be unimaginable. Possibly it will be simpler to overhaul. I do not know.”
He continued, “We’ve got much less downforce, extra torque. Driving within the rain, I can think about it may be very, very, very robust. A lot tougher than it’s already with what we now have at the moment.”
He additionally admitted how completely different he expects the racing to look because the drivers handle vitality and hybrid deployment in additional seen methods.Â
“Whether or not you may like the truth that we’re downshifting on the straight and completely different increase parameters. However it’s a large problem for us all and I believe that is actually what the game is about. It is about repeatedly difficult ourselves. If we simply did the identical factor on a regular basis, it will be straightforward.”
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