LEWIS HAMILTON’S QATAR GP LOW POINT EXPOSES FERRARI’S DEEPEST 2025 CRISIS YET
Lewis arrived in Qatar hoping for a reset. After the emotional roller coaster of Las Vegas and São Paulo, Ferrari fans desperately needed a weekend that at least pointed in the right direction. Instead, Lusail delivered one of the toughest blows of the season — perhaps the biggest wake-up call yet for the entire Ferrari F1 programme. For the seven-time World Champion, this wasn’t just another bad qualifying session. It wasn’t just another tough sprint. What happened in Qatar was a collapse in performance so severe, so unexpected, and so out of character for both Lewis and Ferrari, that it sent shockwaves through the F1 paddock. Lewis recorded back-to-back Q1 eliminations for the first time in his Ferrari career. A statistic nobody — not fans, not Ferrari, and certainly not Lewis himself — would have believed possible 12 months ago when this blockbuster partnership was announced. His P18 on Saturday wasn’t an unlucky misfire. It wasn’t weather-related. It wasn’t the result of a single m...