‘Already thinking of stopping’ - Hamilton’s Ferrari nightmare sparks retirement talk

After making the huge move from Mercedes to Ferrari for the 2025 season, the 40-year-old has struggled mightily behind the wheel of the SF-25.

The seven-time world champion has only been able to muster two top-five finishes in the first nine Grands Prix of the 2025 season, with his only podiums coming by way of a sprint race win at the Chinese Grand Prix, along with a P3 during the sprint race at the Miami Grand Prix.

“I don’t know why Lewis Hamilton can’t get going in a Ferrari. I think that’s an enigma, really," a confused Warwick said while in conversation with a betting site.

“I think we all saw him moving to Ferrari as a great opportunity to win his eighth world title," the 70-year-old continued by saying. "The car is not to his liking at the minute. Most critics will say he’s a seven-time World Champion, 105 grand prix wins, surely you adapt to the car you’ve got, because Charles has. But for some reason, he can’t get used to it.

Warwick, who won Le Mans, along with the World Sportscar Championship, in 1992, does want to see Hamilton back fighting at the front of the grid as he has done for his whole career in the pinnacle of motorsport. But the Brit worries how much longer the Ferrari driver will have to do so.

“Do I want Lewis to win races and challenge for the World Championship? Yes. I think he deserves it. I think he deserves that eighth world title," the steward stated.

“I don’t see him running half a second behind Charles, and also running in sixth, seventh and eighth place. He’s had enough of that for the last three years, with Mercedes, so he needs to get a bit of confidence back," Warwick concluded.