Lewis Hamilton has been missing some much-needed good fortune in recent times.

That is the opinion held by his Ferrari team principal Fred Vasseur, who pointed to how a gap of just one-tenth to Ferrari team-mate Charles Leclerc in Hungary Q2 had such drastic consequences for Hamilton . It made for a situation which looked “silly”.

Fred Vasseur defends Lewis Hamilton after Hungary blow

Additional reporting by Thomas Maher

Hamilton is yet to truly deliver as a Ferrari driver, considering all the hype which surrounded the seven-time World Champion’s arrival from Mercedes.

All five of Ferrari’s podium results in a challenging F1 2025 campaign have been delivered by Leclerc, who is 42 points ahead of Hamilton in the Drivers’ Championship standings .

At the Hungarian Grand Prix – the f

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