Even after a season low around Barcelona, the seven-time champion has had more problems to deal with, particularly if he’s passing through Milan and opens up a copy of Corriere della Sera.
Hamilton finished sixth in Spain last time out which sounds bad, but it’s even worse when you factor him getting overtaken by Nico Hulkenberg driving the slowest car on the grid in the closing stages.
The result came with teammate Charles Leclerc ending up on the podium in third, and with the Monagasque now 8-1 up on his British colleague in Grand Prix results, the editorials are starting.
Giorgio Terruzzi of Corriere della Serra covered Hamilton’s latest struggles in brutal fashion, saying he’s ‘beaten and dejected’.
“On the track, in radio communications, in the interviews he has to give by contract, even if he would like to run away, to lock himself away, Lewis Hamilton is a dull star,” he wrote.
“He cannot keep up with Leclerc’s pace; he seems suspended between the search for the magic powder and the suspicion of being surrounded by a team that does not understand him and does not support him.
“There are too many admirers transformed into merciless accusers and, after only nine races, we are witnessing a love story – if not compromised – in full crisis.”
The editorial went further, though, not just attacking Hamilton as ‘annoying’ but comparing him unfavourably to arch nemesis Max Verstappen.
“Sixth, with Leclerc back on the podium, enough to transform his mannerisms, clothes, hairstyles, from amazing to annoying,” Terruzzi wrote.
“It is a shame to be here listing the broken promises of a champion who made history.
“Verstappen remains the superman of this F1; Hamilton is a man who has lost his super powers.