Lewis Hamilton's radio reaction to latest Ferrari low at Abu Dhabi GP is heartbreaking

Lewis Hamilton relayed a heartbreaking radio message after yet another Q1 exit at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. The veteran Brit has endured a nightmare season at Ferrari, having failed to make any sort of progress throughout the campaign. He is yet to secure a podium finish with the Italian team and will need a miracle to achieve one at the Yas Marina Circuit.

It looks set to be another painful race for Hamilton, who will start from 16th on the grid after another early exit in qualifying. He was unable to find any sort of pace and got dumped out in Q1 alongside Alex Albon, Nico Hulkenberg, Pierre Gasly and Franco Colapinto. It marked Hamilton's third successive elimination in the first stage of qualifying, with no end in sight to his Ferrari struggles.

After the end of the session, he was informed by his race engineer Riccardo Adami that he had not done enough to reach Q2. A clearly defeated Hamilton replied: "Yeah, every time mate... I'm so sorry."

He went on to give an honest verdict in an interview with Sky Italy, saying: "I don't have the words to describe the feeling I have inside [me]. An unbearable amount of anger and rage. There's not much I can say about it."

Hamilton's qualifying nightmare came just hours after he crashed in FP3, losing control and smashing into a barrier. Red flags were deployed as the wreckage was cleared away and the barrier was repaired.

Earlier this week, the 40-year-old revealed that he had written down everything that had gone wrong in 2025 with the aim of improving next season. He also suggested that Ferrari could benefit from making personnel changes behind the scenes.

Asked how things will change during the summer break, Hamilton said: "It's not actually a straightforward process. We're obviously testing next week and then we go back to the factory.

"I've got to decide what my approach is when it comes to sitting down with the key stakeholders to make the decisions, and how that approach is to create the change that's needed.

"In terms of personal reflection, every weekend I've written down what I felt went wrong that weekend, the decisions I've taken, so there's a lot of learning to do there.

"Through my break I will analyse those decisions and make markers on how I can make better decisions in the future.

"My surroundings in terms of personal personnel, team personnel, how you utilise people, whether people need to move into different positions to work better.

"All these different things need to be looked upon in my personal space so that we can optimise our teamwork."