Hamilton only 6th at Suzuka
It wasn’t a memorable weekend for Lewis Hamilton in Japan, although his race had gone in the right direction after the choice to wait before making the pit stop and the entry of the Safety Car. In fact, Ferrari’s Englishman restarted he had moved into third place surpassing George Russell, but he was unable to defend himself from the serial attacks of Leclerc, Russell and Norris and only crossed the finish line sixth.
Lewis reveals: I was powerless
In the post-match interview with Sky Sports UKLewis Hamilton did not mince words to describe his 2026 Suzuka: “The race was pretty terrible because I was third and ended up losing positions. I just need to figure out where I was losing all the power. I had a real lack of power, particularly in the second stint but generally throughout the grand prix right from the start. I wasn’t able to keep up with the others due to the lack of power.”
Hamilton made no secret of being confused about what happened, so much so that he hypothesized a problem with his SF-26: “I just don’t understand. I handled everything as required, but for some reason I lacked power today. So I need to figure out if there was something wrong with the car or not. But we still scored some points.”
After the first three races of the world championship, Lewis Hamilton is currently fourth in the drivers’ standings with 41 points. In front of him is teammate Charles Leclerc at 49 and the two Mercedes of George Russell – at 63 – and championship leader Andrea Kimi Antonelli, at 72.
