Hamilton: “A software problem is causing me to lose on the straight”

An unsatisfactory Sprint Starting from the seventh spot on the starting grid, Lewis Hamilton’s Miami Sprint essentially lived off a good duel with Max Verstappen – won by the Dutchman – and little else. The Englishman was unable to keep up with his rival’s pace and finished in the position in which he started when the traffic lights went out – 7th place. The gap from the winner Lando Norris is very important, over 21″ in just 19 laps, but also from Charles Leclerc, third, more than 15″ from his teammate. Lewis Hamilton’s explanations To justify such a subdued performance, Lewis Hamilton described his difficulties as follows: “I hope we can change many things. Yesterday I lost 0″3 only because the software didn’t work correctly. I was driving as always, but I lost speed on the straights. And in the race it seemed that this problem continued.” Hamilton hopes the situation can be reversed ahead of qualifying and the race: “I think they’ll have to make some changes to the software or something, to make sure the same thing doesn’t happen in qualifying. And hopefully we have a slightly better deployment.”

Automobile Magazine – F1 English News
2026-05-03 03:48:00