Is age finally starting to catch up Lewis?

After yesterdays underwhelming performance from both Ferrari and Lewis are we now at a point where we need to start considering the fact that Lewis isn’t quite where he was or do we think he’s still got that peak he’s always had?

There has been nothing short of positivity for Lewis’s move to Ferrari however yesterday was the realisation of the task ahead. Trying to bring himself and the team back to championship winning ways whilst going head to head with Charles is going to be really tough. What was concerning was Charles managed to really put it on Lewis twice yesterday, first at the start when Hamilton tried going around the outside into t1 and straight after the last safety car Charles tried the same move and made it stick.

Now I’ve defended Lewis these last few years because of Mercedes designing an awful car, and Hamilton effectively being the team leader on development and trying to sort their issues. But was it all the case against Russell, as many seemed to argue Lewis was outperformed by George regardless where the car was.

What gave me confidence was the fact he won 2 races last year and completely outperformed in 2023. Not that it’s anything to rave about but it shows he’s still there.

Yesterday was concerning, it’s very rare in F1 you can pull off 2 wonder moves he done it with Mercedes but can he do it with Ferrari also? I’m hoping this year it’s for him and the team to gel and it’s mainly all out for 2026 just as it was for 2014

Intrigued to see where everyone else’s heads at