David Coulthard isn’t buying Lewis Hamilton’s excuse that the Ferrari F1 car is “alien” to him, after all, a “power unit is a power unit, downforce is downforce”.
Instead, the Scot has pondered whether Hamilton’s struggles to adapt to the SF-25 are a sign that he is past his prime in Formula 1.
‘So the question is, and I’m going to say it, is he past his peak?’
After 12 seasons racing for the Mercedes F1 team, and 18 years in total using Mercedes engines, Hamilton took on a brand new challenge for the F1 2025 championship – Ferrari.
The Briton swapped silver for red, signing a multi-year deal with Ferrari.
But as the hype and fanfare waned, the reality set in as Hamilton not only had to adapt to a new culture at Italy’s Formula 1 team, but he also had to learn about the new car and th