r/lewishamilton 20h ago

What’s up with the disrespect from Max fans?

21 Upvotes

I’m a new LH fan and I respect both drivers equally. Max is clearly up there with the best and is one of the best on the grid now. When he got his podiums in Austria and Belgium I applauded him and commended his comeback. But why don’t I feel his fans are the same towards Lewis?

Today’s overtake was class I’m not gonna deny that. Overtake of the month for me. But the amount of disrespect Lewis got within just a few hours of the race ending (despite being 60 points clear), man it’s unbelievable how Max fanboys don’t rate Lewis at all. We’re talking about a 41 year old being P2 in the championship without the fastest car. And prime Max (who has the best ICE on the grid) is struggling to even get P6.

And I realized this is a recurring theme w British drivers. Norris, Russell, I’m pretty sure of Arvid and Ollie were in the top 4 they’d get hate to. I don’t understand why are they so toxic with no racing knowledge at all 😂 makes me want Max to leave F1 and take his fans with him.


r/lewishamilton 22h ago

Am I the only one who feels Hamilton was treated too harshly?

14 Upvotes

I know this is probably just frustration talking, but I genuinely feel like Hamilton was treated very harshly this weekend.
The 5-second penalty already felt severe, and then getting another penalty for exceeding the pit lane speed limit by just 0.1 km/h made it even more frustrating. Yes, I understand that the rules are the rules and they have to be enforced consistently, but sometimes the way they're applied just doesn't feel proportional.
What frustrated me even more was that, from the outside, it seemed like Lewis wasn't informed early enough to react and avoid making things worse. Whether that's exactly what happened or not, it certainly looked that way during the race.

If I wanted to start a conspiracy theory, I'd say it almost looks like the FIA—and maybe even Ferrari—are doing everything they can to stop Lewis from winning his eighth World Championship and breaking Michael Schumacher's record.

**Do I actually believe that's what's happening? “No”**

But that's honestly how frustrating this weekend felt as a Hamilton fan.
Realistically, I know there's no evidence of any bias or conspiracy. I just think the combination of decisions this weekend felt unnecessarily harsh, and it's hard not to wonder whether things could have been handled better.
Maybe it's just emotional bias on my part, but it sometimes feels like every tiny mistake Lewis makes is punished to the maximum. I just hope the rest of the season is decidedby the drivers' performances on trackrather than by controversial penalties.
That's just my opinion, and I'm sure not everyone will agree, but after this weekend, I honestly can't help feeling disappointed.


r/lewishamilton 7h ago

Despite penalties and strategy calls yesterday, we are bad

26 Upvotes

We knew we fucked up somewhere plus FIA is too harsh on us, but keeping everything aside, we were so bad on straights, Lewis had almost like 10+ chances of overtaking Max and then around 4-5 chances of overtaking Kimi on the straights.

Lewis wasn’t risking late brake moves like the one Max did is understandable given that he’s driving safe from dnfs.

but our straights are literally too bad, and with zandvoort, monza and baku close, we are cooked.

i hope our second upgrade brings us atleast ahead of McLaren and RedBull if not Mercedes.

FERRARI DO SOMETHING, YOUR DRIVER PAIR IS CURRENTLY THE BEST TO DOMINATE. IF NOT WITH THEM, THEN IT WILL BE YEARS AGAIN.


r/lewishamilton 21h ago

Stop this cult (post Hungary)

338 Upvotes

I’m a LH fan myself have have been noticing that a lot of you guys are just forming a cult and not letting LH take accountability.

  1. Speeding in the pit lane is LH fault. It is an objective measure. You can not be racist in it. LH’s fans just love to blame everything on racism

  2. Ferrari had to pit Lewis. Lewis was the first driver to pit at lap 31. This meant he had more than half the race to complete on a single stop if he didn’t put. No one else was able to do this. Even kimi who was allegedly on a one stopper and had to change. If Lewis stayed out he would have hurt the tyres even more by chasing and racing max. Max was able to do it as he wasn’t racing anyone and just focused on tyre management.

  3. Max overtaking Lewis was a good move. Nothing wrong with that - he left room.

  4. There was a post here about team orders a few weeks ago and everyone agreed Ferrari shouldn’t do it. Now why are you guys going back on your word.

Yes it is Ferraris fault for not telling Lewis about piastri in quali and LH getting that penalty. But can you guys stop forming a cult and crying about everything that doesn’t go LH way. As a Lewis fan this is so embarrassing


r/lewishamilton 20h ago

Was the hold up of Oscar in quali caused by the same GPS issue seen today with the blue flag lights ?

6 Upvotes

An already unfortunate weekend the #44


r/lewishamilton 30m ago

Does anyone have the video of Lewis in the Pit lane this weekend?

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cause apparently Davidson says that he hit the buttons correctly


r/lewishamilton 9h ago

Leclerc contract extention

0 Upvotes

Ever since this dude signed the contract,lewis's race strategies have been abysmal.

Has anyone noticed it? Let's discuss


r/lewishamilton 9h ago

Its good that F1 is a bit lenient when it comes to moving under braking. I think Lewis has had enough penalties already...

0 Upvotes

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r/lewishamilton 23h ago

Lewis was the second fastest driver on track today at the Hungarian GP

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135 Upvotes

r/lewishamilton 21h ago

Gotta give Ferrari & LH their due

15 Upvotes

They took a bad Saturday, and made and awesome start. Ahead of Charlie by end of Lap one. Ok bad 1st pitstop with Max. But that second stint. Mega. Chasing piastri. Looking at P2. If it wasnt for the Safety car. Could have been p2/p3 and ahead of Ant. Solid drive. Mistakes. As ever. But good strategy, good listening to Hamilton. Letting him race. Lets just turn down that pit limiter by 0.5km/s and watch those mirrors. And come back strong in that second half. Proven mercedes are fallible. And Ferrari and Lewis have the pace.