Hamilton: “I can’t afford more weekends like this. I need to increase my focus”

Lewis second in the world championship

After 10 grands prix of the 2026 season, it can be said that Lewis Hamilton has given a boost to his experience at Ferrari. The Englishman has managed to return to victory and is currently second in the drivers’ world championship, the closest pursuer – 45 points behind – the leader Andrea Kimi Antonelli. And in the internal comparison with Charles Leclerc he is at +33, a circumstance hardly foreseeable on the eve of this world championship.

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In particular, there is a figure that clearly exemplifies this ‘new’ Hamilton, namely that in this first part of the world championship he has scored 159 points, 3 more than he had collected in his disastrous 2025 over 24 grands prix.
However, it should be noted that in the last two races Charles Leclerc has been faster than him and Hamilton seemed to take a bit of a hit morally.

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Hamilton pushes himself to improve

In the interview given to Sky UK on the sidelines of the Belgian Grand Prix, Lewis Hamilton does not intend to lower his guard and was a bit tough on himself: “Being fourth and having the pace we have shown overall as a team is really encouraging. However, I think there is still a long way to go. I can’t afford weekends like this, considering what I did on Saturday. So for next week I will have to raise my level of concentration“.

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