Lewis Hamilton: Ferrari driver ‘definitely improving’ as unique British GP podium record put on line again at Silverstone | F1 News
Lewis Hamilton, Silverstone and the British Grand Prix. No driver managed to succeed in his home race, no pilot succeeded in an F1 place, and certainly little in the history of sport have received the same level of long -standing adulation of a crowd.
And it is the British motor sports house that welcomes F1 again this weekend while the 2025 season – Hamilton’s first in Ferrari Red – reaches its point of road.
The last two races have been won by the British – George Russell of Mercedes in Canada and Lando Norris from McLaren in Austria – but Ferrari is the only team “ Big Four ” without victory for the Grand Prix for one or the other of their drivers after 11 laps, while Hamilton is also looking for his first Sunday podium in his new team.
But a year after winning a ninth record victory in Silverstone in the middle of some of the most emotional scenes of his career, what chance of the lawn at home proving again the scene of another notable stage?
Hamilton identifies the area to improve after the Gains of Austria of Ferrari
Ferrari is certainly heading for Hamilton’s home race at the back of a morale projection in Austria, when their SF-25 sub-performant car made its debut in improved soil.
Although no single upgrade can absolutely transform the fortune of a team from one weekend to another in what is now the fourth and last year of the Current F1 rules, the changes introduced by Ferrari under their car last week seemed to have a positive influence on performance, as Hamilton and Charles Leclerc accepted.
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Sky Sports F1 Ted Kravitz and Bernie Collins experts tell us about Ferrari’s “big upgrade” for the Austrian Grand Prix.
A weekend, Mercedes watched in the heat and Max Verstappen of Red Bull saw his podium prospects destroyed by factors outside of his control, Ferrari was still the second fastest team behind the leaders of the McLaren championship and won the third and fourth places in the race.
It is again Leclerc who opens the way to Scuderia, qualifying in the front row before finishing third – his third podium visit in the last four races, and fourth in the general classification in 2025.
Hamilton’s wait for a return to podium now extends to 13 -year -old races, but he could also indicate personal progress with Ferrari’s car on the path of his fourth place in Austria.
He qualified for 0.090 slower than his teammate – giving him his first departure place for the second row for a Grand Prix this year – and finished in the same position to match his best Imola race in May.
Interestingly, however,, although it was Hamilton’s persistent problems in the qualifications that attracted the most attention during last and a half season to First Mercedes and now to Ferrari, the 40 -year -old woman left Austria by saying that it was in fact his racing pace on which he needed to work on most after finishing nine seconds behind Leclerc at the end of the 70 -last competition on Sunday.
“I will continue to work there,” said Hamilton of his form after the race.
“I feel like I have made progress this weekend.
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Lewis Hamilton says that Ferrari made “Mega Progress” this weekend, who saw the team obtain a third and fourth place at the Austrian Grand Prix.
“I was less than a tenth from Charles in qualifying, and we found a problem by qualifying with the brakes, where I lost a tenth, so it’s positive.
“I just have to find a rhythm for the race, but I definitely improve myself.”
Can Hamilton maintain his unique Silverstone podium sequence?
So, first of all, what chance Ferrari being real podium candidates again around the high speed of Silverstone?
McLaren’s competitiveness is apparently undoubtedly on most tracks, and they will start from favorites again, while Ferrari can also expect increased competition from their two other leading rivals compared to Austria.
Mercedes, Silverstone Poleters with Russell and Hamilton winners last year, should welcome the fact that the United Kingdom’s heat wave should calm down – there is even the possibility of showers this weekend – while the best form of Red Bull this year was on tracks with fast turns.
For all this, Ferrari always hopes that their step forward in rhythm of the last event will prove to be a solid base on which to build before new upgrades expected from the car before the F1 summer holidays next month.
Then there is an undeniable “Hamilton factor” to consider.
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Listen to Lewis Hamilton’s emotional team radio after winning the British GP for Mercedes last year
If there was a doubt that the seven times champion manages to generally find something a little special for his annual return Silverstone – even in the context of more difficult seasons – the events of 2024 surely put this in bed.
Hamilton arrived at the British GP last July after having played 56 races since December 2021 without victory, and having finished on the podium only once in the 14 previous races, but produced a virtuoso Sunday campaign in wet drying conditions to seize a race victory that has ranked one of the best in his career.
It was not only a ninth record victory in the British GP – the first time that all pilot had won the same race as several times – but which had a particular emotional meaning.
Speaking afterwards, Hamilton admitted: “There were certainly moments when you know, the thought that it was everything, that it was never going to happen again. So, for this feeling to fall on the line, I think, honestly, I have never cried a victory. It was just out of me.
“And it’s a really, really great feeling. I’m very, very grateful.”
The victory meant that the Briton has greatly extended another proud record of Silverstone – a podium finishing sequence which dates back to 2014.
In a unique feat at any Grand Prix, Hamilton has finished on the last 11 British GP podiums – and 12 consecutive to Silverstone in all in account the second race that the place organized (70th GP birthday) in the Covid -Hit life campaign of the 2020s.
Stressing his superb home record, only 35 pilots in the history of sport have won more anywhere in their career on the calendar than Hamilton in Silverstone.
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It was a last dramatic round for Lewis Hamilton at the British GP 2020 while he was at home for victory with a puncture.
“We come to Silverstone which is a Lewis Hamilton track,” said Sky Sports F1 Karun Chandhok.
“Wouldn’t the crowd go absolutely crazy if he won there?”
British Sky Sports F1 GP schedule
The British Grand Prix 2025 is live on Sky Sports F1
Thursday July 3
2 p.m.: Pilot press conference
6 p.m.: The F1 show special
Friday July 4
8:45 am: F3 Practical
9:55 am: F2 Practical
12 noon: British GP Practice One (the session starts at 12:30 p.m.)
1:55 p.m.: F3 Qualification
2:50 p.m.: F2 qualification
3:35 p.m.: British GP Practice two (the session starts at 4 p.m.)
5:15 p.m.: The F1 show
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Return to some of the most dramatic moments over the years at the British Grand Prix.
Saturday July 5
9:10 am: Sprint F3
11:15 p.m.: GP British GP Trois (session starts at 11:30 am)
1:10 p.m.: F2 Sprint
2:15 p.m.: British qualification accumulation GP *
3 p.m.: British GP Qualify *
4:55 p.m.: F4 Race 1
5:40 p.m.: Ted qualification notebook
Sunday July 6
8:15 am: F4 Race 2
9:25 am: F3 functionality breed
11 am: F2 Race Feature
1:30 p.m.: Grand Prix Sunday: British GP Build-Up *
3 p.m.: The British Grand Prix *
5 p.m.: Damy flag: British reaction GP *
6 p.m.: Ted * notebook
* Also on the main event of Sky Sports
The next stage of the Formula 1 season in 2025 is the big, the British Grand Prix in Silverstone – Live on Sky Sports F1 and Sky Showcase with coverage from Thursday to Sunday at 3 p.m. Stream Sky Sports with now – no contract, cancel at any time.
