Martin Brundle’s ‘lost an edge’ prediction about Lewis Hamilton has come true amid worst season ever at Ferrari

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Lewis Hamilton is in danger of registering his worst season in F1 to date, with his debut campaign at Ferrari not going entirely to plan.

It quickly became apparent that Ferrari’s SF-25 wasn’t on the same level as that of their 2024 constructors’ championship-snatching rivals McLaren in the opening rounds of the 2025 season.

Ferrari took the Woking-based outfit down to the wire for the title last year, and they seemed to have a good foundation to build a proper championship challenge for both the drivers’ title as well as the constructors’.

The loss in performance over the winter break could be attributed to a Ferrari member who overhauled the SF-25 before his exit to F1 rivals Aston Martin.

Ferrari fans slammed their team after the Belgian GP, with the Tifosi getting sick and tired of the incompetence shown on the pit wall when making key decisions, which has harmed Hamilton in the process.

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Martin Brundle stated that he thought Lewis Hamilton’s best days are ‘behind him’

In a pre-season interview with Sky Sports News, Martin Brundle offered his opinion on whether or not Hamilton has lost his edge in recent years, and if the seven-time world champion will be able to add an eighth to his tally at the Scuderia.

The legendary F1 pundit told the presenter, “Do I think the best of Lewis Hamilton is ahead or behind him? I think it’s behind him.

“I think he’s lost an edge with age, as you do sometimes. He gets in scuffles, he used to emerge out of them in front, but he doesn’t now, or he’ll make a mistake in qualifying.”

It’s possible that an increase in age may have gone hand-in-hand with a decrease in Hamilton’s determination to continue racing at the pinnacle of motorsport.

He’s won everything there is to win and has a hand in a large number of F1 records that may never be beaten. Hamilton looked downtrodden in Hungary after his P12 finish, but assured reports that he still loves racing.

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The 2022 F1 regulations period has proved to be Lewis Hamilton’s most difficult yet

Since the beginning of the 2022 season, Hamilton has won just two races, with both coming in the 2024 season.

It’s a testament to the seven-time world champion’s previous success that two wins over four seasons is considered a failure, but when you also consider the 81 wins he claimed in the opening years of the turbo-hybrid era, the change is very eye-opening.

Hamilton developed a habit at Mercedes during the first year of the 2022 F1 regulations, which involved him experimenting heavily with different set-ups on race weekends.

This hindered the valuable testing time given to drivers during practice sessions, and is something he has brought along with him to Ferrari.

It remains to be seen what the Brit’s future in F1 will look like beyond 2025. Hamilton is contracted with Ferrari until the end of the 2026 season and has an option to extend into 2027 if he is happy to do so. If the Scuderia don’t produce a championship-winning car, it could be the last year we see him on the grid.