Hamilton hopes for a wet GP: “I’m optimistic, the rain can level the field”

Lewis Hamilton is in form Lewis Hamilton confirms himself as the best driver in the Ferrari garage during the weekend of the Canadian GP, ​​despite that mistake in an attempt to defend himself from Oscar Piastri led him to close the Sprint Race behind Charles Leclerc. The 41-year-old Englishman has almost always been able to express himself at his best between the walls of the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal, and the 2026 edition is no exception. So much so that, in qualifying on Saturday evening, Hamilton toyed with the idea of ​​taking a spot on the starting grid in the second row, before being – again, as already happened on Friday in Sprint Qualifying – mocked by the two McLarens of Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri. Click here to add Formula Passion as your favorite source on Google Discover: you will find our content more easily! GP Canada, the story of the qualifying So Sir Lewis’s Canadian GP will once again start from fifth position, in the hope of a start at least as good as that of the 100 km race and above all in the hope of being able to really fight on equal terms with the two Papaya single-seaters despite the power deficit which is a rather evident handicap on the straights of Montreal. “Well, in Q1 – the Ferrari driver’s comment to the Sky microphones after the checkered flag of qualifying – in reality I went like this and like that, but I had used tyres. Then in Q2 and also at the beginning of Q3 I started well and I knew I could even improve slightly. In practice, however, I didn’t succeed, I started badly on the last lap”. The dance of the rain Beyond the starting position, however, Hamilton is also aiming at the possible treacherous weather conditions to make the most of the good chassis of his SF-26 and also compete against cars that travel at higher top speeds: “I’m not sure what to expect in the race and we’ll definitely have to see what the weather conditions will be. But I’m optimistic. This evening we’ll work hard and, if in the end we race in the wet, it’s clear that we’ll have to optimize some things but also that the car is in quite good shape.” “I hope that the rain can level the playing field a little for everyone and that this will allow me to go a little better.” However, there is a small source of anxiety: Lewis Hamilton is in fact summoned by the stewards for a possible impediment in Q1 against Pierre Gasly in turn 10 (the hairpin) and awaits the verdict from the stewards, who could also move him back to the grid.

Automobile Magazine – F1 English News , 2026-05-24 08:20:00