F1 fans worried after Lewis Hamilton's cryptic answer during 'damning' Ferrari interview

Formula 1 fans have been reacting on social media after seeing what Lewis Hamilton said about Ferrari.

After an encouraging qualifying session on Saturday, Hamilton started in P5 for the Canadian Grand Prix.

In the early stages, the 40-year-old was comfortably running in the top five.

However, as the laps went on, Hamilton's pace drastically dropped as he ended up finishing the race in P6.

As a result, the seven-time Formula 1 world champion remains in sixth place in the overall standings, 25 points behind Ferrari teammate Charles Leclerc.

After the race, it was revealed that Hamilton had sustained damage caused by an animal.

Hamilton said: "I didn’t see it happen, but obviously I heard I hit a groundhog, so that’s devastating. I love animals, and I’m so sad about it. That’s horrible. That’s never happened to me here before."

During the aftermath of the race, Hamilton was asked about his time with Ferrari and whether any upgrades will be coming soon.

He reportedly said: "Of course I’m asking for these things [upgrades]. I don’t know why we haven’t been bringing upgrades, I think we have one hopefully coming soon.

"The mindset for me, I’m like ‘there’s a lot of changes that need to be made in the system.’ I wish I could tell you what's happening. There's a lot going on in the background."

Hamilton added: "Yeah, I can't say too much about it. There’s so many things I wish I could tell you that could explain the things that have happened this year, the problems we had and what’s going on within the organisation. But my goal is to try and positively influence, try and get change so we can have long term success.

"There’s a lot of changes that we need. For me it’s that foundation building. We’re not fighting for a championship."

Lewis Hamilton endured another tough race. Image: Getty

Reacting on social media, one fan said: "Ferrari needs a cultural reset."

Another tweeted: "That’s a damning statement. And I don’t blame him. He’s a 7-time world champion. The car isn’t the only thing that needs upgrading on, we need a massive overhaul of high calibre in this team."

A third fan added: "He seems unhappy at Ferrari…"

Someone else wrote: "AKA Ferrari is a hot mess and this isn't what I signed up for."

A fifth commented: "He is fighting swimming against the tide, and fighting a system that's stuck in their ways."

Hamilton is hoping his fortunes will turn around next weekend when F1 returns with the Austrian Grand Prix.