Lewis Hamilton’s ongoing ꦇstruggles since joining Ferrari are “starting to get a bit critical”, accordin🌼g to Sky Sports F1’s Karun Chandhok.

The seven-time world champion was visibly dejected after a disappointing Spanish Grand Prix, deཧscribing it as the “worst race” he has experienced in a Ferrari.

Hamilton started from a season’s best fifth on the grid and ran as high as fourth in the early stages, but struggled for pace and was soon asked to make way for Ferrari teammate 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Charles Leclerc.

Following a late Safety Car, Hamilton was passed by Sauber’s Nico Hulkenberg as he slipped to seventh on the road, which became si💦xth thanks to Max Verstappen’s post-race penalty.

Hamiltꩵon was in an extremely downbeat mood after the race and gave a series of incredibly sho꧃rt answers in his media interviews.

And Chandhꦗok believes the situation the 40-year-old Briton f🥃inds himself in is concerning.

“It’s starting to get a bit cr✤it♛ical,” Chandhok told the F1 Show.

“We’re coming into the second third of the season now andꦐ he’s not finding the rhythm. He’s not finding consistency where week in, week out, he’s in a happy place in the car.

“In Imola, he was woeful in qualifying, then suddenly the car’s brilliant in the race. In Monaco,📖 he wasn’t quite there. He was a chunk behind Charles throughout.

“There’s got to be a degrಌee of concern creeping in. When you look at Spain, the fact that Charles overtook him and drove away from him quite comfortably, even before we go into the different tyres and stuff later on.

“If I was on the Lewis side of the garage, I would be concerned. We are nearly at halfway through the year now, we need to start understanding whether this a fundamental issue, that we need to ൲change the direction of t💙he set-up of the car.

“I’m not disputing that he’s still got the ability. He clearly does. He’s able to win racesඣ – we saw that in China – but they need to find a sweet spot for him, where every weekend he knows what he🉐’s got, and they haven’t got that.

“He’s still having too many good days and ℱbad dayꦉs. The fluctuations are too much.”

Can Hamilton turn things around in Canada?

Hamilton now heads to one of his favourite tracks on the F1 calendar for this weekend’s Canadian Grand Prix.

F1𒊎’s most successful driver has claimed six pole positions and seven victories in Montreal, and Sky Sports F1 commentator David Croft would not be surprised to see Hamilton rediscover his form at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve.

“I think the next race is quite critical for Lewis because Caღnada is a place he goes so well at. It’s a place he loves. He got his firs🔥t pole and first win there,” Croft said.

“This is Lewis Hamilton’s track. If he has another down day, like you did in Barce🀅lona, then thereꦆ are issues.

“If anyone can do it and turn it around, the seven-time Wor🔜ld Champion that is Lewis Hamilton can definiꩵtely turn that around.”