Decryption - Has Lewis Hamilton really lost his mojo in Formula 1?

The seven-time world champion is experiencing a complicated end to his romance with Mercedes, to the point of wanting to give up out of spite in Qatar. With one month to go before becoming a Ferrari driver, should we be worried about the former King of F1?

Published 02/12/2024 à 13:45

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Decryption – Has Lewis Hamilton really lost his mojo in Formula 1?

Two penalties in one race

After two years of competing with the young cockerel George Russell in the stable at the Star, Lewis Hamilton has been showing signs of weariness since Brazil. Eliminated in SQ2 on Friday, then in Q1 on Sunday in São Paulo, he finished painfully in 10th place, while Russell was 4th. The English newspaper Daily Mail then went so far as to write this: "Either Hamilton is sabotaged by Mercedes, either something is seriously wrong with him.” In Las Vegas, he was reinvigorated by a machine more comfortable in fresh track conditions. Only 10th in qualifying, he r