Lewis Hamilton highlighted the ‘fantastic’ reality of Formula 1 teams being so close and balanced, even with such different natures in how they build their cars.
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In the Italian GP qualifying, in Q3, the ten drivers were separated by only 0.5 seconds. The difference between pole sitter Pierre Gasly and Arvid Lindblad, tenth, broke the previously set record at the 2025 Hungarian GP – Charles Leclerc was 0.543 seconds faster than Isack Hadjar
So, given the complexity of building and designing a Formula 1 car, especially under a new regulation, Hamilton is ‘amazed’ by the work done by the teams.
“I think the positive aspect, the opportunity, for a new driver coming in with experience, having been through two different teams… is that, when you come from outside… well, when you’re inside, sometimes it’s hard to see the forest for the trees,” he said.
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“And that’s where someone comes in, or even when new engineers come from different places, and immediately say: ‘Ah, we used to do it differently’. Not that it’s necessarily a better way, but just different approaches. It’s really phenomenal, if you think that all these teams follow the same regulation.”
“They do everything differently to achieve the same kind of result… and, in the end, the cars on track are separated by only 0.1 seconds. It’s something phenomenal, and that’s what really makes our sport so great,” he concluded.
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