Hamilton: Ferrari car has two left feet

MONTREAL -- Lewis Hamilton likened driving Ferrari's Formula 1 car to dancing with "someone that has nary rhythm."

Hamilton qualified 5th astatine the Canadian Grand Prix arsenic Ferrari again failed to occupation the front-runners for rod position.

The seven-time satellite champion's determination to the squad has been underwhelming truthful acold and determination are nary evident signs of an imminent turnaround.

"This car... it's similar idiosyncratic that can't dance," Hamilton joked to Canal+ connected Saturday afternoon. "Someone that has nary rhythm, you know?

"Trying to get idiosyncratic that doesn't person bushed to person rhythm, its very, precise difficult. That's however it feels with this car."

Ferrari came into the play connected a question of immense optimism and excitement, acknowledgment successful portion to Hamilton's arrival, which galore felt was the missing constituent needed to extremity the team's title drought, which stretches backmost to 2008.

Last twelvemonth Ferrari took the constructors' title combat with McLaren to the ligament and lone mislaid retired astatine the finale successful Abu Dhabi, but the Italian outfit has taken a wide measurement backmost this season.

Despite that, the squad is inactive 2nd successful the constructors' championship.

Ahead of this weekend, Hamilton passionately defended squad brag Fred Vasseur aft days of reports successful Italy the Frenchman is acceptable to beryllium sacked.

Vasseur besides laid into the Italian media for those reports, saying they were weakening Ferrari's chances of winning a title successful the adjacent future.

Hamilton's teammate Charles Leclerc qualified eighth.

Leclerc crashed successful Friday's archetypal practice session, which ruled him retired of the 2nd owed to the chassis alteration needed to hole the car.