Former F1 designer and Jordan technical director Gary Anderson has urged Lewis Hamilton to own up to his recent mistakes instead of pointing the finger at others.
Over the past few race weekends, the seven-time world champion has picked up several penalties from the stewards, including two in Hungary that partly compromised his final result.
The first came in qualifying, when he was handed a three-place grid penalty for impeding Oscar Piastri. Having originally qualified second, it cost him the chance to challenge Lando Norris off the line at the start. The second came during the race, when a five-second penalty for speeding in the pit lane dropped him behind his teammate in the final classification.
In his latest column for The Telegraph, Anderson questioned Hamilton's recent performances, admitting he found it surprising that a driver of his experience had been making so many mistakes. He suggested the errors could either be the result of an unfortunate run of form or point to a more significant underlying issue.
"I have to say that I am surprised that, with all his experience, Hamilton is making these mistakes. It is difficult to say why exactly he is making them. Sometimes it is just a run of bad luck and the driver wonders why they are happening. Other times there is something deeper going on."
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Over the past few race weekends, the seven-time world champion has picked up several penalties from the stewards, including two in Hungary that partly compromised his final result.
The first came in qualifying, when he was handed a three-place grid penalty for impeding Oscar Piastri. Having originally qualified second, it cost him the chance to challenge Lando Norris off the line at the start. The second came during the race, when a five-second penalty for speeding in the pit lane dropped him behind his teammate in the final classification.
In his latest column for The Telegraph, Anderson questioned Hamilton's recent performances, admitting he found it surprising that a driver of his experience had been making so many mistakes. He suggested the errors could either be the result of an unfortunate run of form or point to a more significant underlying issue.
"I have to say that I am surprised that, with all his experience, Hamilton is making these mistakes. It is difficult to say why exactly he is making them. Sometimes it is just a run of bad luck and the driver wonders why they are happening. Other times there is something deeper going on."
#second #anderson
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