The start of the ground-effect era was far from ideal for Lewis Hamilton. In 2022, the seven-time champion finished the season winless for the first time in his F1 career. Sadly, that run extended to another year as Mercedes failed to make much progress in 2023. However, in 2024, Hamilton finally has the monkey off his back and has registered two consecutive wins. After finally ending his 945-day win drought, Hamilton has opened up on a crucial lesson he has learned.
2024 marks the 18th year in Hamilton’s F1 career. In most of these years, the Briton has scored race wins and won the championship in seven of those seasons.
Unlike most of the drivers on the current grid, he has had to adjust to each era of regulations, and the cars that adhere to them. However, to his own confession, he failed to replicate that trait in the current era of cars.
Speaking with the media, as quoted by RacingNews365, he said, “Still to this point, I think ultimately as a driver, you have to be adaptive and you have to concede that sometimes your approaches to certain things aren’t perfect.”
Ultimately, as drivers, you should be able to drive anything, and I think we can. In certain situations, some drivers are able to deal with things better than others and it takes some people a short time, others longer, to adapt. But I wouldn’t say it’s a disaster,” he added.
