Overview
- Lewis Hamilton said he felt “terrible” and labeled 2025 his “worst season ever” after starting last on pure pace for the first time in his career in Las Vegas.
- He abandoned a final Q1 lap after believing the session had ended, then reported no tyre temperature, heavy understeer and a glazed front brake.
- He rose from 19th to finish 10th and called the comeback “meaningless,” with his result later upgraded to eighth in some classifications after McLaren’s disqualifications.
- Hamilton remains without a grand prix podium this year, trails Charles Leclerc by 73 points and counts a Shanghai sprint win as his lone highlight.
- Ferrari are fourth in the constructors’ standings, 20 points behind Red Bull and 52 off Mercedes, and Hamilton warned that “at this rate, with my performance, we’re done,” following recent public criticism from chairman John Elkann.