Lewis Hamilton ’s signing with Ferrari has been labelled a huge mistake after his horror show first half of the 2025 F1 season. The seven-time world champion could not have signed off for the summer break under worse circumstances, after a disappointing weekend at the Hungarian GP.

Hamilton raced to 12th position—the worst result of his Ferrari career—after starting from the same place on a weekend in which teammate Charles Leclerc claimed pole position and led swathes of the race until a mysterious and undiagnosed issue slowed his car.

Charles Leclerc has comprehensively outperformed Lewis Hamilton in their first Ferrari season together and, at the Hungarian Grand Prix, the Brit sounded more downbeat than ever