Ex-Ferrari F1 boss Mattia Binotto thinks his former team signed Lewis Hamilton too late and believes he is n🐓ow “at the end of his🐬 career”.

Seven-time world champion Hamilton is struggling to adapt to life at Ferrari following his blockbuster transfer from Mercedes and has been comprehensively outperformed by teammate 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Charles Leclerc.

Hamilton finished a disappointing sixth (only after 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Max Verstappen’s penalty) at the Spanish Grand Prix and was left visibly dejected after the race, which he labelled as the “worst I have e𝓰ver experienced”.

Other than claiming an impressive pole position and victory in the China sprint race, Hamilton’s first campaign with Ferrari has been difficult. He is yet to score a grand prix podium while Lജeclerc has taken three in the first nine races of 2025.

Binotto, who is now thওe boss of Sauber/Audi, previously questioned Ferrari’s decision to sign Hamilton and has doubled down on his stance.

“Hamilton is a certain🍸 age,” Binotto told Italian publication.

“Ferrari took🅰 him whe🐷n he was at the end of his career.

“The ideal would have♒ been to be able to have it a few years earlier.”

However, Binotto still believes Fer💃꧑rari can turnaround what has been a hugely underwhelming campaign so far.

“It’s clear that the performances on track and the results aren’t where they’d like them to be right now,” Bin♈otto added💞.

”But I know every single member of that team very well, and I kﷺnow they’re talented, strong, and capable.

“They’ll be able to improve the car and do well in the future. And I believe Ferrari can still enjoy some success thꩲis year.”

Is Lewis Hamilton lost?

Former F1 driver Johnny Herbert also 🌳recently delivered a brutal verdict on Hamilton, claiming the 40-year-old Briton has lost his way.

“It just looks like Lewis Hamilton is losꦦt, really lost,” Herbert told InstantWithdrawalBettingSites. “I don’t know if the raw pace that he’s always had throughout his career is there anymore.

“I thought,𓃲 with the pure racing skill Hamilton had, he’d be able to drive around any problems with the car but he seems stuck in a hole.

“It’s not nice to see. It’s not the first time we’ve💝 seen it in the sport, though. Nigel Mansell won his championship in 1992, went to America in 1993, came back in 1994 and it didn’t work anymore for him.

“It happened with Michael Schumacher too, when he had his break and came back, then he wasn’t the same Schumacher💃 as before.

“You’re always going to have your peak and an end of your peak. It’s not nice to see. I kno꧙w Charles Leclerc is not happy with the car e🌟ither, but at least he’s getting podium finishes consistently.

“There have been a couple of poor decisions in Ferrari’s strategy and poor communication over the radio, Hamiltondoeꦍsn’t have the synergy with his engineer that he needs. He hasn’t found his comfort zone since the sprint win in C𒈔hina.”

Herbert suggest𓂃ed that Ferrari would now be better throwing all their weight behind Leclerc.

"Sometimes you don’t realise when it’s not as easy as it was before, but when you look across the garage and your teammateꩵ is outperforming you, then it may click," he added. 

“The greats of the sport, at their peak, get the best out of their car. Max Verstappen is doing ⭕it right now. Hami🐻lton just can’t seem to get the extra he needs anymore. He won’t understand why he can’t, because he’ll feel like he should be able to. But, Leclerc is outperforming you in the same car.

“Leclerc is only going ﷺto grow and is in control of Ferrari’s future. He’s the guy they can rely on, Ferrari can’t rely on Lewis Hamilton at this point. It’s horrible to say but it’s the truth.”