What Ferrari Just Found On Hamilton's Baku Tires Left Engineers STUNNED

Lewis Hamilton's tires wouldn't switch on at Baku, revealing Ferrari's fundamental setup and tyre warm-up challenges that frustrated the team. Hamilton couldn't get his tires to switch on at Baku, a problem he described as a 'perfect storm' combining tyre warm-up issues and a high-drag setup that left Ferrari struggling. The team ran Hamilton on its standard higher-downforce floor specification, costing him an estimated 3-4 tenths per lap compared to teammate Charles Leclerc's more efficient setup — a gap that revealed the extent of the tyre temperature generation problem. Ferrari's technical deficit at Baku broke down to roughly 0.3 seconds from the engine shortfall and another 0.5 seconds from the car's aerodynamic drag, chassis stiffness, and inability to generate tyre temperature on Baku's notoriously low-grip surface. The result: Hamilton finished 6th, frustrated and unable to make progress all weekend as the team was forced onto the defensive. Subscribe for daily F1 news and updates!