Lewis Hamilton called his race drive in the 2025 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix “horrible” and views his ongoing struggle to gel with his new Ferrari Formula One car as a “painful” experience. The seven-time world champion finished seventh in the Jeddah race on Sunday,

Lewis Hamilton admits he’s finding it “very difficult” to bond with the Ferrari F1 car after another difficult qualifying session in Saudi Arabia. Hamilton has been short of speed all weekend at the high-speed Jeddah street circuit and only narrowly managed to make the top-10 shootout in qualifying.

Andrea Stella, the McLaren team principal, has revealed how the race engineers of Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri worked together to get past Lewis Hamilton at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix. Piastri claimed McLaren’s fourth victory in five races at the start of the F1 2025 season in Sunday’s race in Jeddah,