Herbert: “Hamilton as a title? It shouldn’t be ruled out, but Ferrari will have negative weekends like in Austria, Mercedes won’t”

Ferrari SF-26 too inconsistent Ferrari experienced a particularly negative weekend in Austria which even saw it finish fourth in the order of arrival. Perhaps this detail was particularly displeasing to team principal Frederic Vasseur who emphasized the fact that by looking too far ahead there was a risk on a strategic level of losing the comparison with McLaren too. Lewis Hamilton has lost only five points to world championship leader Andrea Kimi Antonelli and is now -46. According to Johnny Herbert, the seven-time world champion should not be excluded from the championship fight, even if Ferrari cannot afford as many missteps as in Austria. “Perhaps we cannot exclude Hamilton from the championship fight – the words of Johnny Herbert reached by Vision4Sport, which offers Formula 1 Hospitality Packages – but Lewis and Ferrari will experience positive weekends and negative weekends. The one in Austria was one of those negative weekends. After Barcelona they were unable to give continuity to the results. They are unable to find that consistency which is precisely Mercedes’ strong point”.

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2026-07-01 18:00:00