Lewis Hamilton was appalled at his own F1 qualifying performance in Hungary, describing his performance as “useless.” The 40-year-old, who is yet to register a podium this season with Ferrari, could only qualify a disappointing 13th on the grid for Sunday’s race.

Lewis Hamilton has delivered a harsh verdict on his performance during qualifying at the Hungarian Grand Prix where the F1 champion advocated for his own sacking. The 40-year-old once again made a premature exit from qualifying, unable to set a fast enough time to progress through to Q3.

Lewis Hamilton reckons Ferrari needs to “change driver” after his early exit in qualifying for the Hungarian Grand Prix while Formula 1 team-mate Charles Leclerc took pole. The seven-time world champion will start 12th for Sunday’s contest at the Hungaroring, while Ferrari stablemate Leclerc stormed to pole with his final lap in Q3.