Hamilton: “I thought we would have been stronger. I still want to be optimistic, we can stay much higher”

Sprint Miami Qualifying, Hamilton only 7th Once again, Ferrari fails to put everything together in the key moment of qualifying. And so, after having led the only free practice session, SQ1 and SQ2 with Charles Leclerc, the Red car doesn’t even enter the top three in the fight for pole for the Miami Sprint: if the Monegasque can at least be satisfied with P4, Lewis Hamilton even keeps Franco Colapinto company on the fourth row. Seventh place clearly does not satisfy the Briton, who can also complain about a problem in downshifting at the last braking point: it costs him the 3rd row, but regardless the #44 cannot be satisfied with the result of the last time attack. Hamilton’s words “I wasn’t sure what to expect. I hoped it would go better, but the car didn’t give me great sensations, honestly”, this is his immediate comment. “I thought we would be stronger than we were today,” he added. “We will do some work during the evening to try to understand why we didn’t go so fast. But I still want to be optimistic, we can be much higher, today didn’t go well.”

Automobile Magazine – F1 English News
2026-05-02 08:02:00