Lewis Hamilton Team Radio After Abu Dhabi Qualifying Sums Up His Season

Lewis Hamilton's team radio after another disappointing qualifying session sums up his 2025 Formula One season.

The 2025 Formula One season will come to an end on Sunday afternoon with a title-deciding showdown at the Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi.

Heading into the race, McLaren star Lando Norris remains the favourite to win his maiden Drivers' Championship, ahead of reigning champion Max Verstappen and Oscar Piastri.

The title isn't the only storyline heading into the final race of the season, as many will be looking at seven-time champion Hamilton to see if he can end what has been a dismal season on a high.

But things haven't gotten off to a great start, and Hamilton himself summed up in his radio message immediately after qualifying.

Hamilton is having a disappointing season with Ferrari. (Image: Getty)

After what has been a dreadful season so far, the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix offers Hamilton his final chance to ensure that 2025 isn't the first season of his career without him securing at least one podium finish.

Since his blockbuster arrival at Ferrari at the beginning of the season, Hamilton's finish was P4 at the Austrian Grand Prix, the British Grand Prix, and the US Grand Prix.

However, it appears that Hamilton will have to make peace with the fact that the 2025 season will be the worst of his F1 career as he was eliminated in Q1 for the third consecutive race weekend.

The British driver will start Sunday's race in P16, something that he couldn't hide his disappointment about once he was told he had been eliminated in qualifying.

"Every time mate, I'm so sorry," Hamilton said to he told race engineer Riccardo Adami over the team radio.

Image: Getty

The lacklustre qualifying session comes just hours after the 40-year-old suddenly lost control of his car and crashed in the middle of the final practice session of the season.

“Something buckled at the front and snapped the rear,” Hamilton explained after the crash.

Thankfully the Ferrari garage were able to fix his car ahead of qualifying, but Hamilton still faces an uphill battle if he hopes to secure a points finish in a race that he has won on five previous occasions.