What a blow
The Spanish Grand Prix ended after only 7 laps for Lewis Hamilton. The Ferrari driver, who had triumphed in the other Spanish race of this season, in Barcelona, this time had to face his first retirement of 2026. The British driver was knocked out by a brake problem that emerged already in the first laps of the race and became unsolvable, forcing the red pit wall to bring #44 back to the pit lane to park the car in the garage.
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While the race was still ongoing, Hamilton spoke to the microphones of Sky Sport F1, expressing all his disappointment for what seems like a great missed opportunity: the seven-time world champion was in third position when the technical problems started on his SF-26 and he probably would have fought for a podium place until the checkered flag.
Thoughts for the team
“I feel demoralized for everyone working in Maranello and also for the people from the team who come to the track – Hamilton said to Sky – they all work very hard and give everything they have. The car was great today, I felt I had the chance to fight and challenge those ahead of us at least for the podium, if not even for the top two positions. But I was unlucky to have this brake problem very early in the race, when I was in the top positions. Then I had to retire – Hamilton concluded – now we have to focus on trying to have this chance that still exists to fight for something important“.
However, Hamilton’s thoughts seem more focused on individual race wins rather than World Championship ambitions, which now seem completely unrealistic for Ferrari.
