Ferrari loses track of Lewis Hamilton due to GPS failure in chaotic Silverstone race. Ferrari faced chaos as Lewis Hamilton’s GPS signal was lost mid-race in the British GP.

New and increasingly curious details are emerging regarding the problems faced by Scuderia Ferrari during the 2025 British Grand Prix at Silverstone. The latest revelation is particularly surprising—it involves seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton mysteriously disappearing from the team’s GPS tracking system during the race.

Ferrari’s performance at the Silverstone Circuit left many fans and analysts puzzled, especially considering the strong potential the team had shown during the earlier sessions of the weekend. While most of the issues were linked to Monegasque driver Charles Leclerc—who finished the race outside of the points—there was also a strange situation involving Lewis Hamilton.

If Charles Leclerc was struggling at the back of the grid, Hamilton quite literally disappeared—at least from the radar screens of the Ferrari pit wall. As revealed by Scuderia Ferrari Team Principal Frédéric Vasseur in an interview with DAZN España, the team temporarily lost track of Hamilton’s position on the circuit due to a GPS malfunction.

Despite this technical hiccup, Lewis Hamilton managed to carry the team’s race hopes. At the race start, while Charles Leclerc gambled on slick tyres in marginal conditions, Lewis Hamilton wisely stayed on intermediate tyres—a decision that proved to be the right one as the rain made the track slippery in the opening laps.

Hamilton did not seem to face the same level of difficulties as his teammate. Although he occasionally reported some issues with rear grip, the British driver remained competitive and maintained strong pace throughout the race. From a strategic perspective, the decisions made by the Ferrari crew on pit wall #44 were largely spot-on, placing Hamilton in a strong position to fight for the podium—an achievement he has consistently earned at Silverstone since 2014.

Ahead of him, Nico Hülkenberg was trying to defend what would eventually become the first podium finish of his Formula 1 career. At first glance, the German driver from the Stake F1 Team appeared to be an easy target for Hamilton, but he proved incredibly difficult to overtake.

Then came a critical error from Ferrari during the final pit stop phase. A delay in servicing Hamilton’s car cost him valuable time and ultimately ended his challenge for the podium.

In the end, Lewis Hamilton had to settle for a fourth-place finish—still a positive result, especially when compared to Charles Leclerc’s disappointing outing outside the top ten.

However, the technical issue with the GPS adds a bizarre twist to Ferrari’s already troubled weekend. According to Frédéric Vasseur, the malfunction meant the team could not track the exact position of car #44 for a portion of the race, leaving engineers in the dark about their driver’s on-track situation at a critical time.