“Had a Snap,” Demotivated Lewis Hamilton Left Confused After Disastrous Dutch GP DNF

Lewis Hamilton asserted that he was left confused after losing control of his car and suffering from a DNF at the Dutch GP.

“Had a Snap,” Demotivated Lewis Hamilton Left Confused After Disastrous Dutch GP DNF

Lewis Hamilton (via Getty)

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Lewis Hamilton was unable to fare well at the Dutch GP despite seemingly improving his pace. The Briton has suffered from a woeful debut year with Ferrari. Despite giving it his all, Hamilton is unable to achieve a turnaround in his woeful outing. To make matters worse, the 40-year-old suffered from a disastrous DNF at Zandvoort and walked out of the weekend with zero points.

Lewis Hamilton insisted that he was feeling positive at the Dutch GP weekend, especially after coming back from the emotional summer break. The 40-year-old already qualified in P7 and would have had to work extremely hard on the track to improve his track position. Ferrari’s pace remained mediocre as Hamilton did not improve many positions before his ill-fated DNF in the main race.

Now, Lewis Hamilton has come clean on the disastrous incident that caused him to DNF and provided clarity on the matter. Hamilton noted that he wasn’t sure of what really happened that caused him to lose control of his car. The 40-year-old recalled that he believed the race was going alright up until his crash. The seven-time champion insisted that he had a better pace as compared to Charles Leclerc, who was running ahead of him.

I’m not really sure [what happened]. I genuinely felt like it was going okay, I had good pace compared to Charles ahead of me, my tyres were still okay…

Lewis Hamilton said in a post-race interview

Further, Lewis Hamilton detailed the reasoning behind his incident and how he couldn’t recover from the crash. The 40-year-old revealed that the rear of the car was already getting twitchy ahead of his car losing control. Hamilton noted that he got to Turn 3 and his Ferrari challenger had a snap, and he couldn’t recover his car after the crash as he hit the barriers.

The rear was getting a bit twitchy, I got to Turn 3 and had a snap and I couldn’t recover.

Lewis Hamilton added

Lewis Hamilton ‘wanted to go long’ before woeful DNF

Ferrari decided to stick to an undercut strategy for Lewis Hamilton in order to save him from the looming threat of being overtaken during the race. Hamilton emphasized that he didn’t want to stick to the strategy, but still believed that it wasn’t that bad. However, as depicted by the events, the 40-year-old couldn’t save himself, and the strategy did not matter in the end.

Lewis Hamilton (via Getty)
Lewis Hamilton (via Getty)

Lewis Hamilton asserted that he wanted to go longer on the tires and not pit immediately after making the call. Hamilton highlighted that the crash took him by complete surprise as he lost the rear end at the bank and lost total control. The 40-year-old added that he didn’t want the undercut strategy right away; rather, he wanted to let the team know that it was possible down the line.

I wanted to go long, and so my tyres were still feeling good. That took me by complete surprise what just happened there. I’d lost the rear end at the bank and then that was it.. I didn’t really want the undercut necessarily at that time, I was just saying that we would have to probably try and undercut them at some point.

Lewis Hamilton noted

The entire 2025 season has been disappointing for Lewis Hamilton, and the Dutch GP was no exception. The 40-year-old isn’t going to give up, no matter the adversities, as he is in the team for the long run and wants to contend for his record-breaking eighth driver’s title. Time will tell if the seven-time champion recovers the lost pace in the coming races or not.

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