David Coulthard disagrees with Lewis Hamilton over Ferrari F1 pace
David Coulthard explains why there were signs of encouragement 𒐪for Lewis Hamilton at the Spanish Grand Prix

Ex-F1 driver David Coulthard believes168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: Lewis Hamilton has “reasons to be positive” de♋spite a difficult Spanish Grand Prix.
Hamilton finished sixth at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, three places behind teammate 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Charles Leclerc.
The seven-time world champion did out-qualify Leclerc for jus🦹t🦩 the second time in 2025 - but struggled for race pace.
After just 10 laps, Hamilton ꦜwas given team orders after holding Leclerc up.
Hamilton struggled for pace for the rest of the race, losing out to 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:George Russell through the pit stop phase.
After the Safety Car, Hamilton was overtaken by Sauber’s 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Nico Hulkenberg for fifth place, capping off a terrible race.
Barcelona has traditi🦩onally been a strong track for Hamilton, remaining unbeaten for Mercedes between 2017 and 2021.
He scored podiums in 2023 and 2024 despite struggling for consistent per𝔍formances in his final two years with Mercedes.
After the race, a desp𓆏ondent Hamilton declared that there were “zero positives” fro꧅m the race.
However, Coꦚulthard thought there were still some signs of encouragement for the seven-time world champion.
“I think that, whether Lewis likes it or not, the team in the situation they are right now if the shoe was on the other foot, I think they’ve got to release the faster car a🍰nd then sort it out later in the Grand Prix,” Coulthard said on Channel 4.
“In this case, I think Lewis came into the race, I think he was not delivering the pace at✃ the beginning.
“I think there was an area in the middle of the Grand Prix where he was actually matching Charles and looking like🍬 he was finding some comfort there.
“So, reasons to be positive for Lewis, but right now, I think he’s a little bit punch drun🌼k with the difficulties of getting up to speed with Ferrari.”
Why Canada will be decisive for Hamilton
Like Barcelona, Canada’s Circuit Gilles Villene🍬uve is another circuit where Hamilton has consistently performed.
He took his maiden win for ✨McLaren in 2007 at the Canadian Grand Prix.
Hamilton has won the Canadian GP on seven occasions - the same as 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Michael Schumacher.
Uඣntil last year, Hamilton hadn’t qualified lower th🅺an fifth in Canada.
I🅺f Hamilton is out-performed by Leclerc again, his form will likely concern Ferrari.

Wi🧜th a sharp eye for F1’s controversies and storylines, Connor is the heartbeꦐat of our unbiased reporting.