This time, Giedo van der Garde attacked the suffering seven-time world champion with some unpleasant words, who warned: This is very, very little compared to Charles Leclerc.
But according to the Dutchman, there is another bigger problem, namely that Lewis Hamilton seems to be losing all of his self-esteem. This in turn will push him even further down:
"In Jeddah we also saw what we have seen so far. He had no pace at all, zero. Leclerc was gaining one and a half to two seconds on him in a lap, and then he went down 30 seconds behind him. I think he doesn't really know where the front is anymore, he really has very serious problems. His gap is too big, and it looks more and more like he won't be able to overcome this burden on his own. In addition, his confidence also seems to be waning, which is completely uncharacteristic of him...
"It's a very bad sign for the rest of the season. He is by nature a driver who needs self-confidence and belief in the car, and these two things are completely invisible with him. I don't think he will be able to solve this situation... As I said, if you get 30 seconds from your team-mate, it can be very demoralizing. Apart from the Chinese sprint qualifying, he has finished behind Leclerc every time, and by a significant margin. Leclerc has got into his head and he won't be getting out of it anytime soon," concluded Giedo van der Garde.
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