<figure class="wp-block-post-featured-image"><img width="1600" height="900" src="https://imcarenthusiast.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/skysports-lewis-hamilton-ferrari_6876596-YDrAxa.jpeg" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="Japanese Grand Prix: Lewis Hamilton calls the qualifying session &#8220;not good enough,&#8221; and Ferrari &#8220;know they are in trouble.&#8221;" title="Japanese Grand Prix: Lewis Hamilton calls the qualifying session &#8220;not good enough,&#8221; and Ferrari &#8220;know they are in trouble.&#8221;" style="object-fit:cover;" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/imcarenthusiast.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/skysports-lewis-hamilton-ferrari_6876596-YDrAxa.jpeg?w=1600&;ssl=1 1600w, https://i0.wp.com/imcarenthusiast.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/skysports-lewis-hamilton-ferrari_6876596-YDrAxa.jpeg?resize=300%2C169&;ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/imcarenthusiast.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/skysports-lewis-hamilton-ferrari_6876596-YDrAxa.jpeg?resize=1024%2C576&;ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/imcarenthusiast.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/skysports-lewis-hamilton-ferrari_6876596-YDrAxa.jpeg?resize=768%2C432&;ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/imcarenthusiast.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/skysports-lewis-hamilton-ferrari_6876596-YDrAxa.jpeg?resize=1536%2C864&;ssl=1 1536w, https://i0.wp.com/imcarenthusiast.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/skysports-lewis-hamilton-ferrari_6876596-YDrAxa.jpeg?resize=150%2C84&;ssl=1 150w, https://i0.wp.com/imcarenthusiast.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/skysports-lewis-hamilton-ferrari_6876596-YDrAxa.jpeg?w=1200&;ssl=1 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px" data-wp-pid="1090" data-hero-candidate="" /></figure>


<p>Jacques Villeneuve tells <a href="https://www.skysports.com/f1/news/12474/13342144/japanese-gp-ferrari-know-they-are-in-trouble-as-lewis-hamilton-slams-qualifying-session-as-not-good-enough" title="">Sky Sports that Ferrari &#8220;know they are in trouble&#8221; after Lewis Hamilton and teammate Charles Leclerc were disqualified from the Chinese Grand Prix two weeks prior, qualifying eighth and fourth, respectively, for the Japanese Grand Prix.</a> Ferrari &#8220;know they are in trouble&#8221; after Lewis Hamilton and teammate Charles Leclerc qualified in eighth and fourth place for the Japanese Grand Prix, respectively, two weeks after both were eliminated from the Chinese Grand Prix.</p>



<p>The highlight of Hamilton&#8217;s Ferrari career thus far has been a sprint victory in China. He and Leclerc finished 10th and eighth in the season-opening Australian Grand Prix, respectively, and now have single-figure point totals ahead of Sunday&#8217;s race at Suzuka.</p>



<p>Williams and Villeneuve, the 1997 world champions, said <em><a href="https://www.skysports.com/f1/news/12474/13342144/japanese-gp-ferrari-know-they-are-in-trouble-as-lewis-hamilton-slams-qualifying-session-as-not-good-enough" title="">to Sky Sports F1: &#8220;They are aware of their problems and are unsure of how to resolve them.</a></em>: &#8220;They are aware of their problems and are unsure of how to resolve them. It is not looking good for Ferrari because they can see that the opposition will improve.</p>



<h3 class="wp-block-heading">Hamilton: I am not good enough</h3>



<p>Hamilton said that his qualifying performance was &#8220;not good enough from my side&#8221; and that he finished more than six tenths behind Max Verstappen, the unexpected pole sitter.</p>



<p>At Suzuka, Red Bull driver Verstappen broke the lap record of McLaren&#8217;s championship leader Lando Norris to take the top spot.</p>



<p>Hamilton was disqualified in China two weeks ago due to excessive skid-block wear, which may have been the cause of Ferrari&#8217;s higher <a href='https://uslawpulse.com/author/uslawpulse' target='_blank' rel='follow'>car</a> in Japan.</p>



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