Former F1 driver Karun Chandhok has insisted that Lewis Hamilton’s struggles in qualifying are “really weird”. The seven-time world champion has particularly struggled during qualifying sessions and has clinched just one pole position in the last three years.

“He’s clearly struggling for confidence over the one lap,” Chandhok told Betway. “His score with George [Russell], including Sprint sessions is 20-6 on the qualifying scores. For a guy with over 100 pole positions, it’s a real surprise.

“But you listen to Lewis speak afterwards and he says things such as, ‘I’m just not good at qualifying’ and, ‘I just can’t qualify’. It’s really weird.

“I think he is low on confidence and for whatever reason, I genuinely think he doesn’t know where the qualifying performances have gone.”