Lewis Hamilton berated his performance in qualifying for the Hungarian Grand Prix on Saturday as “useless” and emphasised it with an entirely uncharacteristic act of self-flagellation, saying Ferrari needed to replace him. Hamilton was knocked out in 12th, while his Ferrari teammate, Charles Leclerc, went on to take pole position for Sunday’s race, the first the Scuderia has claimed this year.
Hamilton did not have an issue with his car on his final run in Q2 in Budapest nor was he impeded, he was simply not quick enough to go through, more than two-tenths down on Leclerc and took himself to task for his shortcoming. “It’s me every time. I’m useless, absolutely useless,” he said. “The team have no problem. You’ve seen the car’s on pole. So we probably need to change driver.”
