Lewis Hamilton admitted Sunday’s 2025 British GP result was one of the hardest drives of his career, as he battled a struggling Ferrari to a fourth-place finish at a chaotic, rain-affected Silverstone.
Unpredictable conditions test Hamilton and Ferrari
Hamilton described an incredibly difficult afternoon behind the wheel of the SF‑25, calling it “one of the trickiest days.” Talking to Sky Sports, he emphasised the car’s lack of stability, complemented by low-speed understeer.
“Silverstone always throws something special into the mix but the car was really, really hard to drive,”
“It just has no stability so you go to the corner and it’s snapping, snapping, snapping, snapping. It just won’t stay still and it makes it so, so difficult and then in the low speed it just doesn’t, it doesn’t like to turn so yeah, it’s a really frustrating balance because you’re trying to make switch changes and all these different things and ultimately it led to lots of mistakes.”
With Hamilton chasing down a podium at the 2025 British Grand Prix, for the 13th consecutive year, strategic errors towards the end of the race proved costly for the Ferrari team. Hamilton said, “I think our strategy we ended up losing a lot of positions, three or four positions and that made the race.”
“We still got some points, we came back and we’ll take those and move forward to the next race and hope for some better results.”
Despite the challenges, Hamilton highlighted positives from earlier sessions, “I think what’s positive this weekend is practise. I was right there, I was much more happy with the car balance in the dry and then in qualifying we were much, much stronger.”
“it’s not good for those conditions necessarily but yeah so I think there’s lots of positives and I think also on a race like this whilst it’s not great you get, you can download a lot,” he continued.
Hamilton hopeful despite home disappointment
Hamilton believes this challenging weekend will inform Ferrari’s 2026 car development, with the 8 time world champion knowing what he wants in next years prancing horse, “I feel like I know how to explain to the team what I don’t want built in next year’s car because what we have right now makes it so difficult to drive particularly in these conditions”. He added, “I mean I know it’s difficult for everyone out there but that was the trickiest.”
Wet race drama at British GP for Lewis Hamilton
The race began on intermediate tyres, but a damp track prompted several drivers – like Russell, Leclerc, Hadjar, Colapinto, and Bearman, to gamble on slicks before the start, adding early action.
A first-lap collision between Ocon and Lawson triggered a Virtual Safety Car, followed by a wall-strike from Bortoleto, and would-be leader Piastri was later given a 10 second time penalty for erratic braking under the Safety Car, blowing his chance to win at the 2025 British Grand Prix.
Max Verstappen, who started on pole, finished in P5, with Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri claiming a McLaren 1-2, while Nico Hülkenberg secured a stunning podium. It is the German’s first podium in his 239 race career and McLaren’s first win at Silverstone since 2008.
Lewis Hamilton remains sixth in the 2025 championship standings, 131 points behind leader Oscar Piastri.
