Japanese GP: Ferrari ‘know they are in trouble’ as Lewis Hamilton slams qualifying session as ‘not good enough’ | F1 News happymamay

Ferrari, a former world champion at F1, says Ferrari “I know they are in trouble” after a frustrating start for the 2025 season.

Hamilton – in his first year with Scuderia after joining Mercedes, where he won seven international titles – qualified in the eighth in the Japanese Grand Prix and his teammate Charles Licerk, two weeks after they were excluded from the Chinese Grand Prix.

The enemy’s victory in China was the most prominent thing in the Hamilton Ferrari team so far, with the end of what he and Leclerc ended in the tenth and eighth consecutive place in the Australian Grand Prix of the season and sit on one points of numbers before the Sunday race in Suzuka.

Philnov, World Champion 1997 with Williams, told Sky SPORTS F1: “They know that they are in trouble and do not know how to improve. They can see the opposition will improve, so don’t look good for Ferrari.”

Hamilton: Not good enough on my side

Hamilton felt disappointed by his performance in the qualifiers, saying, “Not good enough on my side” as he ended up more than six tenths behind the sudden Max Versaben.

Red Bull Versaben driver ranked first of the McCaren Lando Norris Championship leader with a time of 1: 26.983, which is a record number in Suzuka.

Wearing the excessive Hamilton mass in skiing resulted in China two weeks ago, and this may have been the reason why Ferrari operates a higher car in Japan.

The British said after the qualifiers: “We are running above than I want, but everyone is in the same boat.

Charles [Leclerc] He did a great job. We went in different directions with preparation. I had a lot of retreat and I could not contact him. “

LECLERC: A big gap compared to McLaren and Red Paul

In response to a question about whether the Ferrari ride height affects performance, Leclerc said: “We have some other problems, especially with the height of the pass. I can’t go to a lot of details.

“In the qualifiers, I started to move away from us a little, especially in the third quarter. I had a lot of excess or lower, but the roll that I did, I was really happy with it.

“Return [to practice in Friday] We really found something of my style of driving seems to work a little better and gave me a lot of confidence for the rest of the qualifiers.

“This is positive for the rest of the season [but] Other problems may take a little longer. There is still a big gap compared to McLaren Ward Ball and this is our goal.

“In general, it was positive because I feel more comfortable with the car.”

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