Hopefully I will be back – Lewis Hamilton dejected after Hungaroring nightmare

Hamilton’s Ferrari struggles continued as he finished 12th in the race he has won a record eight times.

Lewis Hamilton continued to lay out his frustration. Pic: Bradley Collyer/PA

A dejected Lewis Hamilton said he will “hopefully” return for Formula One’s next race – after he cryptically claimed “there is a lot going on in the background that is not great” following the Hungarian Grand Prix.

A day after Hamilton described himself as “absolutely useless”, and called on his own Ferrari team to replace him, the seven-time world champion started 12th and finished in the same position at the Hungaroring, a lap behind winner Lando Norris. Charles Leclerc was fourth in the other Ferrari.