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Newsweek
2 days ago
- Automotive
- Newsweek
Lewis Hamilton Under Fire For Calling Himself 'Useless' As Guenther Steiner Speaks Out
Based on facts, either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. Newsweek AI is in beta. Translations may contain inaccuracies—please refer to the original content. Former Haas Formula One team principal Guenther Steiner has called out Lewis Hamilton for calling himself "useless" after the Hungarian Grand Prix qualifying session. Hamilton was knocked out of Q2, which prompted him to speak in a dejected state. The race weekend at the Hungaroring was an event for Ferrari to forget after Hamilton secured the 12th position in qualifying. Unfortunately, he didn't recover places during the race, eventually finishing in P12. His teammate Charles Leclerc secured a remarkable pole position by outperforming the dominant McLarens, but a suspected chassis problem on his SF-25 F1 car mid-race led him to finish in P4. What made headlines, though, was Hamilton's statement after qualifying. Speaking to the media, the seven-time world champion said: "It's just me every time. I'm useless, absolutely useless. Team has no problem, you've seen the car's on pole. Lewis Hamilton of Great Britain and Ferrari walks in the paddock during the F1 Grand Prix of Hungary at Hungaroring on August 3, 2025 in Budapest, Hungary. Lewis Hamilton of Great Britain and Ferrari walks in the paddock during the F1 Grand Prix of Hungary at Hungaroring on August 3, 2025 in Budapest, Hungary."They probably need to change driver." Steiner, who is known for his candid opinions, said he didn't like Hamilton's "attitude of giving up." He said on The Red Flags Podcast: "How can you come out as being seven-time World Champion saying, I'm useless? That was, it's not his performance. I do not care about that. I'm not going into his performance. He's struggling. At some stage in our life, we all struggle a little bit. "I still struggle, so I always struggle, but coming out and saying, 'oh, I'm useless'. That's the wrong attitude. And that is for me. I don't like the attitude of giving up, you know, or it's an attitude that people should feel sorry for you." He added: "For me, it's like if I'm seven times World Champion, I've got enough confidence that I know that I'm not useless. I just need to work harder and going back to get my mojo back. It's one of these things. "A few weeks ago, [Hamilton was] sitting down the engineers telling them what to do and now you're coming back and saying, 'I'm useless'. "It's just focus on what you're good at, which is driving a race car, because he's good. He's a seven-time World Champion. "That's the wrong attitude. Just feeling sorry for yourself." Considering Hamilton's racing prowess, F1 CEO Stefano Domenicali backed him for an eighth championship title with Ferrari following the setback faced in Hungary. He said: "Lewis is a jewel, an incredible athlete. So no matter if it is a difficult moment, he will react, and I am pretty sure he will show the reason why he is here. "He wants to achieve his 8th title, and he will triumph again. So stay with Lewis and he will do a great race, and be very, very strong after the summer season."
Newsweek
05-07-2025
- Automotive
- Newsweek
Haas F1 Driver Handed Hefty Grid Penalty After FP3 Red Flag Breach Ahead of British GP
Based on facts, either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. Newsweek AI is in beta. Translations may contain inaccuracies—please refer to the original content. Haas Formula One driver Oliver Bearman was penalized for failing to comply with a red flag during the third free practice session of the British Grand Prix at Silverstone. Bearman was penalized with a 10-place grid drop penalty for the Grand Prix, and four penalty points were added to his superlicense. In the last six minutes of the practice session, Sauber's Gabriel Bortoleto spun off on the kerb and went straight into the gravel at high speed. The incident took out his front suspension as the red flags were brought out. According to the stewards, Bearman slowed down before accelerating into the pit entry road at 260 kmph. What added to the Briton's troubles was a crash into the barriers at the pit entry. Revealing the reason for the penalty as a "failure to comply with a red flag," the FIA stewards stated: Oliver Bearman of Great Britain driving the (87) Haas F1 VF-25 Ferrari spins and crashes during final practice ahead of the F1 Grand Prix of Great Britain at Silverstone Circuit on July 05, 2025 in... Oliver Bearman of Great Britain driving the (87) Haas F1 VF-25 Ferrari spins and crashes during final practice ahead of the F1 Grand Prix of Great Britain at Silverstone Circuit on July 05, 2025 in Northampton, England. More"The Stewards heard from the driver of Car 87 (Oliver Bearman), the team representative and reviewed positioning/marshalling system data, video, timing, telemetry, team radio and in-car video evidence. "The session was red flagged at 12.33:57. Car 87 had slowed down for the red flag and as he was approaching Turn 15 accelerated significantly to race pace and entered the pit entry road at 260kph. He lost control of the car in the pit entry road and crashed into the barriers. "Art. 37.6 (a) of the Formula One Sporting Regulations and Art. 2.5.4.1 (b) of Appendix H of the International Sporting Code require that when a red flag is shown 'all cars must immediately reduce speed and proceed slowly back to the pit lane'. "It is beyond doubt that the driver of Car 87 did not proceed slowly back to the pit lane when he accelerated to simulate entering into the pit entry road under race conditions. In fact, we looked at a previous in-lap under normal racing conditions and found that he was faster in this lap, under a red flag. "To make matters worse, he lost control of the car and crashed into the barriers while at speed. The driver informed us that he misjudged the fact that his brakes were not warm because the lap was done slowly, due to the red flag. While this may have been a factor contributing to the crash, we did not consider it to be a mitigating factor. "We accordingly penalised him per the penalty guidelines to a drop of 10 grid places with 4 penalty points." The four penalty points on Bearman's superlicense added up to a total of eight. Sunday's race marks his first home race as an F1 driver.
Straits Times
23-05-2025
- Automotive
- Straits Times
Bearman given 10-place Monaco grid penalty for red flag breach
FILE PHOTO: Formula One F1 - Emilia Romagna Grand Prix - Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola, Italy - May 15, 2025 Haas' Oliver Bearman ahead of the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix REUTERS/Jakub Porzycki/File Photo MONACO - Haas Formula One rookie Oliver Bearman was handed a 10-place grid drop for ignoring red flags during Friday's Monaco Grand prix practice. The Briton also collected two penalty points on his licence for the breach. Stewards found that the 20-year-old overtook Williams' Carlos Sainz after the session was stopped and red flag warnings issued. "It is clear from the video footage that there was a light panel directly in front of the driver which showed the red flag; and the dashboard also indicated the red flag well before the overtake took place," they said. "The driver claimed that he saw the red flags but decided not to slow down abruptly because he felt that slowing down abruptly would have been more dangerous and that what he did was a safer way of handling the situation." The stewards disagreed with Bearman's stance and said drivers could not know, on a tight and narrrow track like Monaco, what might be ahead. REUTERS Join ST's Telegram channel and get the latest breaking news delivered to you.
Reuters
18-02-2025
- Automotive
- Reuters
No stop signs in F1; Bearman reveals failed driving test
LONDON, Feb 18 (Reuters) - Haas Formula One rookie Oliver Bearman gave hope to learner drivers around the world on Tuesday after revealing he failed his test first time around. The surprise setback occurred in 2022, before the 19-year-old Briton's grand prix debut. "I did pass second time. I shouldn't have told that. I didn't stop at a stop sign," he explained to reporters ahead of Formula One's unprecedented 10-team season launch at London's 02 Arena. "I didn't blow it. I slowed down. I was crawling but you're meant to stop. We don't have those (signs) on race tracks. "Typical me, or typical racing driver, I thought I could pass my test without having lessons so that's probably where I went wrong. After that I took a few lessons before the second one." Bearman will be starting his first full season in Australia on March 16 after an impressive debut as a stand-in for both Ferrari and Haas last year. One of his rivals will be 18-year-old Italian Andrea Kimi Antonelli, seven-times world champion Lewis Hamilton's replacement at Mercedes, who passed his driving test only in January. "I was quite nervous, I'm not going to lie," Antonelli told Reuters separately on Tuesday, although he need not have worried. "After the test we also had a nice conversation because she's really passionate about the sport," he said of the examiner. "But in the test, you know, she was being like my examiner. No matter who I was, she wanted to see me respecting all the rules and everything... she said I did well. Just at the start, I was a bit too aggressive with the steering."
