Hamilton reacts to shock summer F1 retirement probe

Lewis Hamilton's 2025 has gone from bad to worse in recent races. Despite glimpses of a return to form, the Briton's current F1 season has been marred with woes and inconsistent results. When asked about his immediate future, the Briton responded candidly.

In Hungary, a known stronghold of the 7-time world champion, whilst teammate Charles Leclerc took pole, he qualified in P12, knocked out in Q2.

This prompted several self-deprecating comments from Hamilton, calling himself 'useless' and suggesting that Ferrari would do well to swap drivers.

During the race things didn't fare much better for the world champion. In the end he could only finish the race in the same position he started.

Ferrari team boss Frederic Vasseur then put things into context, highlighting the margins that the Brit fell out in Q2 over, and then the subsequent gamble to start the race on the hard compound tyres, which eventually proved unfruitful.

Lewis Hamilton during the Hungarian Grand Prix

Lewis Hamilton set for mid-summer break F1 retirement?

Speaking to media like GPblog, Hamilton was probed on his F1 future. Regarding whether or not he would be seen at the race following the summer break's end, Hamilton said he was 'looking forward' to being back.

However, he followed that comment up with a conspicuous remark: "Hopefully I'll be back, yeah."

Hamilton sees Ferrari improving, but it's still not enough

Banking on his teammate Leclerc's results, Hamilton eyes Ferrari's forward push, but it's still not enough, according to the 7-time world champion.

"Yeah, [there's] definitely some improvements that have been made on the upgrades. Some of the guys have worked really hard."

"Actually, it's a shame we're not as competitive as the guys at the front, but you've seen Charles just had a really strong run in the last two races."

"The car is definitely progressing so we have to keep trying to extract more from it," concluded Hamilton.

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