Why Lewis Hamilton's Driving Style Isn't Working 

The car is not there, he has no confidence in the car they built. He left Mercedes for a reason things have changed.

In my opinion I don’t think Lewis is washed. I think that for one, since the ground effect era the Mercedes cars he’s driving are probley some of the worst he’s ever had in his career. Two I think that he’s mentally checked out from Mercedes.

On another note, We’re talking about one of the greatest drivers in F1 history who actually got 3rd in the championship last year with a bad car. You can’t lose ALL your skills in a matter of 2-3 months. The only issue with W15 is that it’s worse in terms of performance than its predecessors. Whereas other teams nailed it better than Merc this year. However, the season isn’t over yet. A lot can change.

We all know lewis Hamilton likes a strong, and stable rear end… one of the many reasons he got together with Shakira

I hate the that people think he washed. Granted, as a champ, adaptability should always be in your bag, but hard to perform when the car does not respond

he sounded relieved he didnt have to drive when his engine let go on sunday imo

Some of the comments are quite ill informed. Now let me preface by saying that I'm a Max fan through and through. Lewis is a multiple WDC winner. He clearly is a generational talent based on his achievements. You don't achieve that being "mediocre". You don't win championships without having three prerequisites. A good car, a good team and a good driver. Any one of those missing and you won't win any WDCs. Lewis is in no way washed. I've had Sainz fans saying Sainz>Lewis based on Australia 2024. Lol don't make me laugh. The only reason Carlos won was because Max was effectively driving with his handbrakes on and he still pulled a 0.917 second gap to Carlos at the end of lap 1. Lewis and Alonso are generational talents. They may not be at their prime but without them having a championship contending car we can make zero inferences to that. Give them a good car and they'll win races. Simple. In fact Lewis and Alonso are the only drivers on the grid on the same plane as Verstappen and can truly best him if given the right car. My only hope is to see a three way battle between these three legends before they drive off into the sunset. A repeat of 2021 if you will. Even Max was no where in championship contention until he got his machinery right. Lewis hasn't forgotten how to drive lol. Wait for 2025.

The fundamental issue is that the car simply isn't there. Mercedes still hasn't figured out how to generate consistent predictable downforce under these regulations, and especially under yaw conditions (aka while the car is turning). Lewis's performance this season has very little to do with his braking ability, every driver on the grid uses trail braking, and braking deep into the corner isn't always the best way to approach a corner. How late one brakes has more to do with the nature of the corner and what comes after that corner, than it does with a specific driving style. It's also not what makes Lewis Hamilton a great racecar driver, and only a single element of a driving style. Driving style is a the tiny differences in how drivers chose to approach different types of corners and their mental model for how each car handles. While some drivers do brake later than others and use slightly different cornering techniques; *The reality is that every car has an optimal way for it to be driven in order to extract the fastest lap time from it. What makes a world-class driver is their ability to rapidly understand the best way to drive the each car and then adapt their driving style to extract all the potential performance in each car* . Every car has a performance ceiling, at any time there is an absolute fastest possible time that it can get around any track. The best a driver can do is get as close as possible to that best possible time, no matter how good a driver is, they can't go any faster than the car will allow them to. The limiting factors on the Mercedes are just what happens when the drivers have to be constantly pushing and overdrive the car as they attempt to stay competitive. For the Mercedes the limiting factor that shows up first (the rear-end instability) is also something which Lewis is particularly sensitive to. Regardless of driving style, Mercedes haven't made a car which is fast enough to truly compete or beat Red Bull. Period. The fact that Lewis really likes a strong rear end is a compounding issue. He has to have confidence in the rear of the car to really push. And without consistent predictable downforce, Lewis cannot be sure what the rear of the car is going to do on corner entry and mid-corner. But, no matter what, the cars under these regs are going to have much less consistent and predictable rear-ends compared to the previous regulations. F1 banned the advanced suspensions that teams were using under the previous regulations, and also changed the tire size and reduced the size of the side walls (which makes the tires themselves less compliant under load). With how stiff the suspension has to be on the ground effect cars and how low to the ground they are, the cars have much more sensitive and twitchy rear-ends by nature. When it comes to driving style, Max Verstappen is the one who likes an extremely positive front-end and is fine with the rear sliding all over the place. He brakes relatively early, so that he can have the car set up exactly how he want's on corner entry and uses the super positive front-end and loose rear to get all his rotation done early, in order to have the car as straight as possible on corner exit. So it's more of a V shaped corner instead of a U shape. But as I said, every car has a specific way it must be driven to extract the fastest lap from it, so these driving styles are a relatively minor factor when it comes to the fastest drivers, except that the teams will sometimes try to build a car which fits the style of their driver if they can do so without compromising the absolute potential of the car significantly (it's more of a luxury than a priority). That rear-end instability on corner entry and mid-corner is also part of what contributed to George Russel's crash. He's willing to go 100% and push, even when he's at a very high risk of loosing the rear. That's why all it took was giving slightly too much braking force in response to Alonso slowing down when he wasn't expecting it, for the car to get unsettled and for him to loose the rear. Overall, I can only imagine how difficult it is to remain razor focused on F1 and extracting 100% from a car when you know it isn't competitive and your still capable of being a WDC if given a competitive car. He managed to keep up that motivation for years with a non-competitive Mercedes and knows he's going to a different team next year. Assuming Ferrari can make a competitive car for Lewis next season that allows him to actually compete with Red Bull, I expect Lewis to be just as good as he's always been. He didn't become a 7x WDC and win 100s of races in spec series prior to getting into F1 by being a bad driver. He's still one of the greatest racecar drivers to ever exist. But as I said, even the greatest driver in the world can only go as fast as the absolute limit of the car they are in.

‘Qualifying was never his thing!!!’ 😂 quite a statement about the driver with the most poles in F1 history. 104 to the next closest at 68 (MS).

A lot of people love doubting Lewis and that’s fine. To me there’s nothing wrong with his driving style right now and he hasn’t made any changes to it. The moment a driver his age has to change driving styles with a struggling tells me hes doubting his own ability and Lewis has never once said in these regs, "I’ve had to change my driving style" once. If you look at the onboards of his cars in post 22 vs pre 22 regs they are very much the same. The only difference is the stability and balance of the car. It doesn’t make sense for a driver like LH to finish in P3 for these regs in 23 and then out of nowhere in many peoples eyes look like a "shell of his former self" this is why I say don’t be surprised when he looks a lot better in the Ferrari. If anything these last couple of weeks where Ollie, Charles, and Carlos showed that this newly revised Ferrari is balanced for many different driving styles. It will suit LH as well. Anyone that says he’s "washed" are giving lazy opinions. I’m not judging Lewis at all this year even if he loses to George. I’m judging him next year when he faces a guy that’s even better than George. Lewis has always faced competitive teammates barring two drivers (Bottas and Kovo). We need those to keep their same energy when he starts performing in a Ferrari. Lewis doesn’t exist to be fighting for P10 - P5s. There’s no trophies in fighting for that and no one will remember a driver who’s done that. Wins and championships are all that matters for him. 1+1 never equals two in formula one.

Mercedes put all their hope in James Allison and fire Mike Elliot. Guess what? The car is even worse and RedBull has stolen Mike's idea and implemented it to perfection. I feel like since W13 didn't perform right from the get go, they didn't trust Elliot enough. Still Mike's car won a race, won a sprint, got dozens onf podiums. W15 is far from a podium. No hope for Mercedes.

Here’s my opinion, feel free to debate or disagree that’s fine. First, I don’t think Lewis is washed. I feel that people forget only 2 whole seasons ago he was a strong title contender. Whether you feel 2021 finale was controversial or not it could have easily happened the other way and who knows how it would have ended with the safety car. Max drove great that season as well so hats off. Second, I feel like a lot of F1 fans who say Lewis is washed are also those fans also want to see Ricardo in a RB seat, I love Ricardo as much as anyone else but do not feel his performance shows he deserves that. Third and last point, Mercedes got the car wrong. They seem to dance around admitting it at first but the complete car change in 2024 shows that they know they got it wrong. I feel when Lewis was dominate everyone said it was just the car. Now RB has a good car and everyone thinks max could do the same thing in any car which is just not true.

The car is wrong lets be clear

The reason he's done so well is due to the imperceptible amount of steering input he puts on BEFORE he enters a corner. It doesnt change the trajectory, it asks the car for permission, he tells the car what's coming next. Cars brake better, cars turn better when you tell them what's coming next. He does that better than most

Bro love ur channel keep up the great work. And please do consider making the video on how well the ferrari car suits lewis's driving style

Great work yet again. Need a video on Danny Ric’s struggles as well.

Man…….Like always. Your videos are so informative. Ty ❤

3:15 I bet MSC probably tested the distance of an entire season of racing before the season ever started while at Ferrari.

Although there are limited testing days, this applies to all drivers so everyone is on even plane field. Drivers can always do unlimited hours on the simulators which they do (especially the younger generations including 3x world champ Max).

Can you please make a video on f1 car setup. When they say, car setup, what is the actual process and what things they make changes to?

Interesting video. Great job 👍🏾

Can't really say that's not HIS problem. Alonso too belongs to the same era as him ( older if I may ) but he adapted to Ground effect cars faster even after taking a break

New regs has changed the ground force effect on cars. Some drivers are having problems with that. Riccardo and Hamilton are finding it difficult to adjust

You are making good, relevant and desirable content. Kudos to you champ!

I have heard on more than one occasion that the direction of FIA has been decided to "create" difficulties for certain drivers to help F1 in general. When a team or driver in particular has too much success then the FIA steps in to alter the playing field.

I think it's simple actually… it's not a championship-winning car so Lewis has checked out already. George doesn’t have that luxury because he has an investment in the team and development of the car… Lewis is probably looking at the Ferraris and counting down the days when he could hopefully be competitive again.

The music at the beginning is BOPPING

Very nice explanation, i really like your analysis, nice video!

Proper technical analysis. Love it!

Lewis's making us think that his decision to move to Ferrari is EXCELLENT(literally) week to week while Sainz is showing his true potential makes Ferrari to re-think their decision😆

I love watching your videos..❤ Keep it up 👍

I can tell this guy is a real f1 fan. Keep it up.

Outboard loaded wings don't work. Every team that's fast, has inboard loaded wings. When you make a left turn the airflow goes to the right. If you have an outboard loaded wing, when you corner, the airflow moves inboard away from the loading on the windward side(the side going into the corner), to where the wing is not loaded, and you lose downforce. With an inboard loaded wing, when you corner, the airflow moves towards the loaded part, and you get more downforce. This is important because the windward side of the car is the most sensitive to disturbances and flow separation, whereas the leeward side(the side away from the corner) has it's downforce enhanced because the wake is moving outboard on that side. On the windward side(side going into the corner) the wake is being pushed under the floor disrupting the downforce. An inboard loaded wing helps you outwash that wake on the windward side of the car, much better than an outboard loaded wing. This is why Mercedes has fallen behind. An outboard loaded front wing is making downforce on the leeward side of the car, the side that is not sensitive to separation, it's wasting flow energy in my opinion.

Watching Lando walk away from Lewis during the high speed section in Jeddah was confirmation that the merc is a boat. I don't blame Lewis for experimenting with setups.

Just a thing. The tire management became very important when Pirelli came in. Even with his best cars he had to do tire management. Now the big difference between a good car and bad one is how treat the tires during a stint or a fast lap. Mercedes in the past used to destroy the tires (2012 and 2013, for example), they could qualify on the front row, but then would go backwards during the race. That's something Mercedes improved for 2014 onwards and here and there you could still see the problem reappearing. Now they have a similar problem. One thing that RB has and Ferrari seems to be improving is platform stability. With groundforce cars you want the front and rear always at a similar height from and rear when you are going through a corner or on a straight, so the airflow is very consistent and the downforce desn't shift from front to rear and vice-versa during corner entry and corner exit, that usually creates those snaps of over and under steer. And that leads me to the tires back again, that type of instability kills the tires on the long run. Even on a fast run, because you start sliding around and correcting the snaps that at the end of a fast lap or a stint, the tires are done and you lose time. All of this plays a role on the confidence you have on the car, as a driver if you don't know if the car is going to respond how you want, you start to be conservative on your approach and you lose time. You can attack the corners how you like because you might slide, you can't exit the corners with the proper speed you want or the car just snaps on you because you pushed the throttle too soon from what the car is capable of. So you end up driving just to reach the end and not to gain places.

Great video man, threw down a sub, do you happen to play gran turismo?

Another great breakdown!

Your killing it bro! Love to see the growth of your channel, you deserve it. I pray you can keep this up. God bless 🙏

keep up the great work on breaking the sport down like you are, very interesting to see how Lewis is having problems and the way you explain it in an easy to understand way. much love and have a wonderful day

Certainly wasn’t expecting John Wick to be so insightful on F1 😉

Great video overall, but 7:16 Qualifying is 100% Lewis thing. He is one of if not the best qualifiers in F1. And it makes sense how he is doing horrible at qualifying now, since he can't trust the car to push all out.

NGL. I didn't even watch the video, straight away hit the like button, then added it to my Watch Later list. That's how good your videos are 😂

I believe they should go back to the no pod design and add the new front wing in with the suspension adjustment .

Does the same apply to Daniel Riccardo? I.e. it's the ground effect cars that demand a different driving style from all teams That Mercedes simulator being adrift from the real car makes feedback impossible: how do you recreate a problem on the simulator?

We’ll see if he “comes back”. I’m not even sure what that means. A few wins in FER whilst mostly being beaten by his teammate ?

"best driver to ever exist in our beautiful sport" what an intro, the best and truest statement ive ever heard..its my 1st time watching this channel, NEVER BEFORE have i ever heard sme1 breakdown Lewis 100% precise and on point with true facts. Dude ur brilliant ur demo vids ur explanation even ur future view at Ferrari, knowing the balance of that SF24 you know ur stuff so well..... im getting my mates to subscribe to ur channel👌👌👍👍

PLEASEpliz if you can could you do one of Lerclerc compared to lewis and how the SF24 compares to the W15 balance in relation to their driving styles. id like to learn if they have a similar style and if he wud be happy in that ferrari car..Thank you u again amazing content.

Something slightly worrying is that the ferrari is sort of known for being extremely pointy in qualifying trim so there is a chance that hamilton has poor quali results and has to come back through the field with that ferrari

Scoring more points than his teammate for the new generation cars is not a struggling style but a tractor of a car

He WILL come back!!!!! I believe in Lewis ❤

I think this rear end stability is becoming a core issue like how drivers describe every mclaren since 2019 the knife edge handling might feel un natural to some

Excellent analysis as always! How did you get so much F1 knowledge, being so young and from the States? Did you ever race? Also -- how do you feel about the RUS / ALO incident? Personally, it seems like a bad call from the Stewards to me (they didn't touch & RUS was napping).. But if he REALLY was driving dangerously, then the penalty would not be strong enough (IMO it was normal defending and RUS was just caught out).

What is happening to Lewis happen to many drivers who are over their "peak". They start to slow down, are not as sharp anymore and they become a very skilled mid fielder. Age is something that doesnt wait for nobody.... exept for Alonso..

HAMILTON VS. RUSSELL AS TEAMMATES 🟢QUALY H2H: 24 vs. 23 (51.06%) 🟰POLES: 1 vs. 1 (50.00%) 🟢RACE H2H: 20 vs. 17 (54.05%)* 🔴VICTORIES: 0 vs. 1 (0.00%) 🟢PODIUMS: 15 vs. 10 (60.00%) 🟢POINT FINISHES: 41 vs. 39 (51.25%) 🟢DNFs: 5 vs. 6 (45.45%) 🟢POINTS: 458.0 vs. 437.0 (51.17%) Hamilton on the left, Russel on the right. Sprints are excluded. *Only races in which both drivers finished REMINDER Most of the DNFs are driver errors. e.g Canada, Singapore, Zandvoort, Australia 24 for George

Thanks for this. Was wanting a technical analysis on what's going on with Lewis. MUCH APPRECIATED!

Great video. In recent years I agree he’s been quite a slow starter but pre-2022 that more often than not wasn’t the case. I think the worrying thing for Lewis will be that at 39 years old it’s gonna be very hard to radically adapt his driving style given the old saying that it’s harder to teach an old dog new tricks. This is where big regulation changes can often catch out the older drivers who are less malleable than they once were

The Lewis hate is strong. He's a 7 time WDC with a drive for next year lined up - you honestly belive he's motivated for 7th place finishes? George however thinks he's the next lewis but Toto wants him as 2nd driver to a guy twice his age or one half his age. George need to impress, he just happens to be terrible under pressure.😂

Guys, the car is simply terrible. It doesn’t matter whether Lewis or Russel beat each other with points. If you don’t have a winning car it doesn’t matter how skilled you are, you can’t win championships. This has been proven in the sport for decades now. If Max, Alonso or even Leclerc were in this car they would suffer as well. Lewis with all his decorations in championships + wins can’t win another championship if his team doesn’t deliver him and George a competitive car. That’s how simple it is.

Great video. Lewis is looking forlorn after every interview lately - definitely he will be reinvigorated once we see him wearing SF colours. Nobody really will know until next year how this will work out, but expect him to be competitive if the car is as good as the SF-24.

The answer is simple, the car is trash, nothing else

So it is proved that Alonso is the most adaptable driver not only in f1 but in 4 wheel sport in general and is closely followed up by Carlos.....Alonso never had any off season ....he is on it since day 1 in that Minardi quali session......what an animal.....

You can feel it even in the sims. The new cars understeer way too much. You can't nose them in the same. It's the wheelbase. Too wide.

Dude almost took p2 in the championship last year. He's definitely not washed... he's just struggling with a car that doesn't make consistent downforce and he is someone who benefits from a very strong rear end. I hope he does well next year in the Ferrari since that car seems a lot more consistent with its downforce

Lewis is NOT washed, and the problem is not the car he is driving. First of all lets remember he brought the 4th fastest car (4th fastest behind Aston in the first half, and 4th fastest behind McLaren and ahead of Aston in the second half).. to 3rd in the drivers championship, and also carried Mercedes to second in the constructors!! Yes Ferrari did mess up a lot of races but so did Mercedes with race disqualifications and many dnfs from George, and one from Lewis, but he still managed to carry the team to 2nd, and there is no logical explanation if you think that he has fallen so much in just a few months to being slower than everyone. If you look his laps, he is the one who struggles to keep the car on the track the most - he corrects his car in every single corner, and it honestly reminds me of Alonso in the 2014 Ferrari.. Let me not mention that Lewis' opinion about the setup and the car keeps changing, for example in Australia FP1 and FP2 they tried a dramatic setup on Lewis so he was the slowest, in FP3 he was veey confident, but in qualifying he said that nothing was changed with the setup and for some reason he felt the engine tone being lowered, and the car not feel the same as it did in qualifying, and in the end calling it very challenging to drive. Is this normal? No. The team Mercedes must be sabotaging Lewis. This has never happened before with Lewis and Mercedes, and if you mention 2022 then you forget that he actually did use experimental setups back then, and that got them a win in Brazil because they actually understood the car and developed it based on Hamilton's feedback. Now in 2024 they use the same excuse "experimental setups" but i doubt that it is for the development of the car, and i will be proved right because i think Mercedes will not get a podium this year, and if they do it will be based on luck, for example the Red Bulls and the Ferraris face reliability issues or they crash. Mercedes is turning worse and worse each year, with the W13 being their best car in this era even though they finished 3rd in the constructors in 2022.

Time to cancel the deal Fred.

every driver has his driving style. each style has its own disadvantages. However, what makes a good f1 team is the ability to tune the car to what matches the driver's style so he can push the car to the limit. Once a driver loses confidence in the car, he becomes unsure of the car's behaviour under certain conditions.

all i will say is that it WASN’T the sidepods lol

8 time world champion

Another quality video that's fair and educational. Great work! I never doubt Lewis, looking forward to him improving this year and of course in red next year.

People talk as if George is doing much better. He isn't. Mercedes made a even worse car this year, they're falling backwards to 5th fastest team. Hamilton has issues but he's on leave, so why would the team try hard to solve his issues, or why would he try hard to solve issues he have in a bad car that he won't even be driving the next year? This announcement could've come later, by mid-season. Making it public so early left him in a really strange situation and i excpect this to be the worst season of his career for a variety of reasons.

Some good points in there but the part about him not being good at saving his tires is ridiculous

The reason why Max is so dominant is probably these cars are very tricky on the rear end and Max really knows how to control that rear end.

Which Driver’s style would work in a racecar without a backend?

Great Video…💜

A key point for a driver is having confidence in the car, if they can´t trust in the car, they can´t work with them, George is always overdriving the car and because this sometime faster but more prone to accident, but Lewis is trying to understand the car and working in the best possible window, so is going to take some time for him to addapt to the car but eventually I think is going to happen, same as the last couple of years

Late braking isnt very good on ground effect cars. With ground effect you want to brake earlier but lighter carrying more speed and not disturb the air flow on the cars floor and platform.

Looks like a common theme with a few different drivers, Daniel Riccardo has a similar style

Nah, you explained that so well👏 really hope Lewis goes on strong through out the rest of the season

Audio level could be lower 🗣 Thanks for analysis though!

Part of me thinks the big change in weight has something to do with it

Do you think it was the Mercedes rear end instability that caused George R to crash.out? And if so, is it the.other teams' problem (eg Aston) to have to make allowances for this?

I wonder how Ferrari will design next year's car since Leclerc likes a strong front end and Lewis a strong back end, will be interesting to see whose preference they'll prioritize

Great video! And my humble thought for those that say lewis is washed and George is doing so much better... that thought would be valid if George was winning races and fighting for championships (like what is happening at redbull). Think about this... in nearly 50 races, MERCEDES have had 1 pole (Hungary) and 1 win (Brazil) that should tell you that its not lewis thats struggling. Its MERCEDES that's far behind. Lewis finished 3rd in the championship last season ahead of everyone else but red bull. Also some drivers seem to thrive on beating teammates (ocon, russel , tsunoda etc) - what use is it in 5th or 6th. Lewis exists to win races and championships. Thats why he's moving to Ferrari. To a more competitive team. But i could ve wrong 😅

After so many F1 seasons I still think that tires should have less influence on racing dynamics. The Pirelli era with the tire window, the graining, the differently colored but otherwise identical compounds, all of that produced races with a lot of management and less “push to hell”. Tires always have been critical but currently it’s toxically so. At least I would like to collect drivers opinions on that. Of course I’d like also less penalties, more driving skills, less PG12 contents, but that’s another story

It's simple. Hamilton relies more on the car than a lot of people expected. He likes late and heavy braking, which means the weight of the car transfers a lot when entering the corners. That requires a stable rear end and a little bit of understeer. And in recent years Mercedes suck at areo efficiency so they will have to sacrafice some downforce at some high speed tracks like Saudi. And you can see once the car lack read end downforce and become oversteery, hamilton's pace will decrease a lot. That's why he was beaten by russel in Saudi three years in a row in both qualifying and race. And once Mercedes comes to some high downforce tracks, he will be competetive again.

Just found a gem of a channel! 💎

We will see next year......nuff said

I think LH just has not got to grips with a ground effect car where the downforce window is a lot smaller and the downside to wanting a tight rear end means running a softer setup which in turn decreases downforce from the floor and straight-line speed. I think he will suffer the same woes at Ferrari which still has a very loose rear but the drivers can drive around those, I dont think LH can.

Is it about skills or confidence in the car? Is it about not being invested in de project anymore because he is leaving? I wonder how he will adapt to the Ferrari because it's the first time in his career that he will drive a car that is not Mercedes powered. Will it make a difference?

Great analysis Bro thanks for sharing your thoughts 👊🏾on that note 🗒️ Lewis Was able to make Mercedes look like a real contender in 22 &23 all while driving a Hummer for 3rd place in the Drivers Championship his style hasn’t changed much since the McLaren days but Mercedes has and seeing him tumbling down the grid into the midfield has been a Huge confidence breaker for him and he’s now finally getting a chance to win a Grand Prix with the Ferrari squad he’s far from washed up and still capable of winning with a Car that can attest consistently contend for a win

Huh, it's almost like the team budget cap has impacted Merc in producing a strong car...Imagine that. Those previous dominate cars from Merc came at a time when Toto was hand delivered a perfect car due to throwing endless money at it. Now that Toto has rules, their car hasn't been competitive.

for once i thought i was looking at keanu reeves

The most exceptional drivers can always adapt to their car. All drivers have preferences but the best drivers can adapt their driverstyles. Clearly hamilton cannot do that.

From the first few minutes, all I could hear was "if he put in time on the sim with the engineers, he could overcome that:. - That's what max does... I can't remember which GP it was but Max was straight on the sim and Lewis was talking about his main job now being resting. He's not competing in the same sport as the youngsters. They know that they need 5-10,000 hours of practicing what they're weak at to level up - so they do it. He's just waiting for brilliance. The more you practice, the luckier you get.

I don’t think it’s just a braking issue for Lewis even if it is his particular strength. We’ve seen him (&George) on transition from braking to throttle get the rear very unsettled. This gen of ground effect cars is extremely complex because it’s about balancing the significant DF generated by the underfloor with the regular downforce over the car..over many different variables such as bumps, wind, kerbs different surfaces and tyres which has made the cars extremely sensitive to set up and adjustment.Clearly Red Bull & now Ferrari appear to have a more solid understanding compared to others. I think Ferrari have done an excellent job in simplifying their concept and making minor variations to maintain consistency (Similarly McLaren too)which is evident already in 3 races and a rookie thrown in 1!. Unfortunately for Mercedes they made substantial changes mid last year and even more this year- so they are playing catch. I called it in pre season testing - Ferrari have a terrific package & if they keep developing it - don’t be surprised to see more wins - this obviously bodes well for Lewis in 2025 but don’t be surprised if Mercedes have caught up by then too!.

I think all teams are hunting for this sweet spot in ride height. To high and they throw away downforce, too low and bouncing. Only RedBull seems to be able to auto trim itself to bleed off the downforce just before it hits the deck and fly at this optimum level. But its same for everyone who doesn't drive a an Adrian Newey car

Please make a video on how much the ferrari car would suit Lewis's driving style Please 🙏. So that we can have some positives

Really interesting watch, never thought about that deep. Even though I really dont want Carlos to lose his seat but Im also very excited to see Lewis (hopefully perform well) in the Ferrari next year!

Mercedes said George was testing setups just as much as Lewis, but wasn't complaining in public... in fact, he says hes comfortable with the rear end

1:22 I hate that stupid blank steer.