{"id":220540,"date":"2025-08-25T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-25T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.motorsportweek.com\/?p=220540"},"modified":"2025-08-25T16:46:15","modified_gmt":"2025-08-25T15:46:15","slug":"lewis-hamilton-vows-to-keep-going-ahead-of-f1s-return-from-summer-break","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.motorsportweek.com\/2025\/08\/25\/lewis-hamilton-vows-to-keep-going-ahead-of-f1s-return-from-summer-break\/","title":{"rendered":"Lewis Hamilton vows to &#8216;keep going&#8217; ahead of F1&#8217;s return from summer break"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportweek.com\/tag\/hamilton\/\">Lewis Hamilton<\/a> has vowed to &#8220;keep going, even when it&#8217;s difficult&#8221; in a social media post ahead of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportweek.com\/series\/single-seater\/formula-1\/\">Formula 1<\/a>&#8216;s return from its summer break this weekend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Brit has cut a miserable figure for much of his first season with Ferrari, amid a string of poor results by his own usually high standard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hamilton has encountered a plethora of issues with the Scuderia&#8217;s SF-25 this year, seeing him take just one solitary victory, coming in the China Sprint Race.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a full Grand Prix, Hamilton has yet to take a podium finish, with four fourth-place finishes the best he has offered so far.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Over much of the season, he has been unable to match team-mate Charles Leclerc, his misery culminating in a Q2 exit from qualifying for the last round in Hungary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was this that led to a shocking post-qualifying comment that Ferrari should <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportweek.com\/2025\/08\/02\/lewis-hamilton-ferrari-probably-need-to-change-driver-after-useless-f1-hungarian-gp-qualifying\/\">&#8220;change driver&#8221;<\/a> after his &#8220;useless&#8221; performance, with Leclerc taking pole position in the same car.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some have also speculated whether the 40-year-old&#8217;s time in the sport is at an end, with former F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone suggesting possible replacements for him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportweek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Lewis-Hamilton-Ferrari-F1-2025-Hungary-1024x576.webp\" alt=\"Lewis Hamilton holds the record for most pole positions at the Hungaroring\" class=\"wp-image-218494\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportweek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Lewis-Hamilton-Ferrari-F1-2025-Hungary-1024x576.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.motorsportweek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Lewis-Hamilton-Ferrari-F1-2025-Hungary-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.motorsportweek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Lewis-Hamilton-Ferrari-F1-2025-Hungary-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.motorsportweek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Lewis-Hamilton-Ferrari-F1-2025-Hungary-1536x864.webp 1536w, https:\/\/www.motorsportweek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Lewis-Hamilton-Ferrari-F1-2025-Hungary.webp 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Lewis Hamilton has yet to finish on the podium this season, after taking a solitary victory in the China Sprint Race<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But taking to his Instagram ahead of this weekend&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.formula1.com\/en\/racing\/2025\/netherlands\">Dutch Grand Prix<\/a>, Hamilton conveyed a sense of rediscovered motivation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m always so grateful for this time, for the opportunity to rest and recharge,&#8221; he wrote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s a lot I\u2019ve been meditating on. 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