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F1, Ferrari: Lewis Hamilton cuts short on difficulties in Abu Dhabi

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The latest chapter of a season below expectations also did not start under the best auspices: Lewis Hamilton, in FP2 of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, did not go beyond 14th place, confirming a feeling in fact never born with the SF-25. His best time was 856 thousandths slower than the fastest time ever, set by Lando Norris in McLaren, as well as almost three tenths worse than that of his teammate at Ferrari, Charles Leclerc. Commenting to Sky Sports microphones on the practice day, the British champion analyzed rather severely the problems of his Ferrari.

“It has to be said that not contesting the first session is a disadvantage regardless – began Hamilton, who had to surrender (as required by the regulations) an FP1 to an up-and-coming driver, in this case Arthur Leclerc -. I did my best to make up for lost time but I was faced with the usual balancing problems. I am not losing confidence, I believe in the potential of this car, but I asked my mechanics for help to figure out how to try to solve the understeer and ‘bouncing’ problems I had during the session. We hope to find a solution as soon as possible”.

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Lewis Hamilton offers dinner to everyone again: three say no. pilots’ photo goes viral
The seven-time world champion as is now tradition paid the bill for the year-end dinner of Formula 1 drivers
Formula 1 has arrived at the'last Grand Prix of the season in Abu Dhabi, which will be decisive for the title

For one evening, the drivers put aside tensions and rivalries and enjoyed a dinner together

The'now-traditional appointment was paid for by Lewis Hamilton
The photo of the British driver with all his rivals immediately went viral on Instagram
Hamilton shoulder to shoulder with Verstappen and Leclerc. There are also Norris and Piastri, fighting with the Dutch champion for the title
Only three drivers missed the'roll call: Fernando Alonso and Lance Stroll of Aston Martin and Nico Hulkenberg of Sauber

"Class 2025. We are the only people in the world doing what we do and for that we are incredibly lucky", wrote Hamilton
"I thank this group of drivers that I have the privilege of racing against and even though we are competitors"
"There's nothing but respect and I am proud to call them friends"
"I hope to give you all a great last race of the season"

“Should we be able to figure out what to do before FP3, we can hope for a good qualifying – added the driver of car number 44 -. My pace, in the first and second sectors, is not even bad, but in the third I suddenly lose seven tenths. We need to work on this, in my opinion it can be the key to get back up”. Hamilton is aiming to regain a meaningful result after a series of nightmarish races: following fourth place in Austin, in fact, he did not go beyond two eighth places, in Mexico and Las Vegas. In Qatar, the race prior to the one to be run on Sunday, he did not finish in the points, finishing 12th on Sunday.

In the overall standings, Hamilton is in sixth position with 152 points, two ahead of his successor at Mercedes, Kimi Antonelli.

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