Lewis Hamilton’s latest low at the Belgian Grand Prix has left one of his former competitors feeling sorry for him.The Ferrari driver had a nightmare Friday and Saturday at the legendary Spa-Francorchamps circuit with qualifying a particular struggle, recording 18th for the sprint race and 16th for the feature race.Hamilton had a season worst Friday and Saturday in Belgium, causing some concernGettyFor the sprint race he only recovered to 15th, but on Sunday he made it up to seventh, and won the fans’ Driver of the Day vote.Overall, though, the picture hasn’t been overly positive since the Brit traded Mercedes for Ferrari, as he’s yet to record a podium in a feature race and is 30 points off teammate Charles Leclerc in the drivers’ championship.Watching on in Belgium was six-time race winner Ralf Schumacher, who gave his thoughts as a pundit on Sky Germany.“Lewis simply finds it more difficult to make changes; he’s more sensitive in that regard,” the former Williams driver said in relation to new brake pads that blighted the Brit in Belgium.“Perhaps this new rear axle at Ferrari unintentionally suits Leclerc’s driving style even better.“We’ll have to wait and see in the next races. Even if it’s a bit of a tragedy and Hamilton sometimes makes inappropriate comments.“To then have a weekend like he did in Spa is of course unfortunate. But I would give him a bit more time.”Schumacher was referring to Hamilton’s often dour mood after poor results, with a recent example resulting in a private apology to a Sky reporter.The pundit also called Leclerc’s weekend ‘perfect’ as he finished third on Sunday, behind only the much faster McLaren duo of Lando Norris and race winner Oscar Piastri.But when it comes down to Hamilton, there’s certainly some concern over the man he raced against back in 2007.Hamilton couldn’t keep up with teammate Leclerc in BelgiumGetty“One shouldn’t judge Hamilton too quickly. But I hadn’t imagined it would be quite so bad,” Schumacher added. “Of course, there were some bright spots, like in China [where he won the sprint race]. But overall, it’s a bit sad to watch. “I’m keeping my fingers crossed for him, because he has to turn things around. If this season ends like this, then I don’t know if the collaboration would still make sense in the long run.”Is it all doom and gloom for Hamilton?Despite Schumacher’s concerns after a particularly difficult weekend, on current trends the 40-year-old is actually improving.Hamilton has out-qualified Leclerc – one of the best qualifiers in F1 – in three of the past four races, and was close to a home podium at the British Grand Prix.The improvements also continued in Belgium too, with Hamilton on pace to be the faster Ferrari in both qualifying sessions before mistakes ruined each Q1 lap.The raw data suggests Hamilton has it in him to start giving Leclerc more problemsAFPGRAND PRIXDATERACE POS.PTS.Australia16 Mar101China23 MarDSQ8Japan06 Apr76Bahrain13 Apr510Saudi Arabia20 Apr76Miami04 May810Emilia-Romagna18 May412Monaco25 May510Spain01 Jun68Canada15 Jun68Austria29 Jun412Great Britain06 Jul412Belgium27 Jul76Hamilton’s season hasn’t been great, but the overall picture suggests improvement Summing up the other side of the argument, former British F1 driver turned pundit Joylon Palmer said: “Overall you have to judge Lewis’ Spa weekend as fairly miserable. “Scoring just six points on a Sprint weekend is far from his or the team’s expectations, but the delving into the detail gives much more hope than the raw positions relay.“Hamilton has always excelled in Budapest [next race] and Ferrari will have more time to understand their upgrade package on a conventional weekend. “It won’t take a lot of tidying up of a nightmare weekend for Lewis Hamilton to be competitive once again.”