This time, Giedo van der Garde had some harsh words for the suffering seven-time world champion, warning: It is very, very little that he shows compared to Charles Leclerc.
But there's an even bigger problem, says the Dutchman, namely that Lewis Hamilton looks like he's losing all confidence. This will push him further down the slope:
"In Jeddah, we saw what we've seen so far. He had no pace, zero. Lap after lap, Leclerc took one and a half to two seconds off him, and then he was flagged 30 seconds down. I don't think he even knows where the front is anymore; he's really struggling. His deficit is too big, and it seems more and more that he can't handle this burden alone. His confidence also seems to be dwindling, which is completely unusual for him...
This bodes very poorly for the rest of the season. He's fundamentally a driver who needs confidence and belief in the car, and those two things are completely absent. I don't think he can resolve this situation... As I said, when you're 30 seconds behind your teammate, it can be very demoralizing. Apart from the Chinese sprint qualifying, he's finished behind Leclerc on every other occasion, and by a considerable margin. Leclerc has crept into his head, and he's not going away anytime soon," Giedo van der Garde concluded.
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