Nico Rosberg explains how Ferrari put Lewis Hamilton in a ‘horrible’ situation at the Spanish Grand Prix

Lewis Hamilton finished sixth in the Spanish Grand Prix after being passed by Nico Hulkenberg at the end of the race.

The Ferrari driver was caught out by Sauber during a late race Safety Car, which was brought out by Andrea Kimi Antonelli suffering an engine failure.

Hamilton was running in sixth but got demoted when Ferrari chose to pit him for the restart, with Hulkenberg making his way past in the closing stages to secure Sauber’s first points of the season.

It was a tough day at the office for Hamilton, but Nico Rosberg spotted something that made his race ‘horrible’ when commentating on Sky Sports F1.

Nico Rosberg explains why Lewis Hamilton’s race was ‘horrible’ in Spanish GP

The seven-time world champion had a good start and found himself fourth in the order, but quickly had to give up position to a faster Charles Leclerc.

Leclerc was posting quicker lap times as Hamilton struggled with the rears on his Ferrari, eventually leading to the team deciding to swap the cars to put themselves in contention for a podium.

“This is horrible for Lewis in this situation. You’re in that car, it sucks so much that you have to wave your teammate past,” said Rosberg.

“He’s a seven-time world champion, he’s the greatest, and here he is waving his young teammate by, it’s not fun.”

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Ferrari made the correct decision with Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc

Ferrari made the correct decision with Hamilton and Leclerc as the latter was able to capitalise on a late-race mistake by Red Bull with Max Verstappen.

During the Safety Car period, Verstappen was fitted with hard tyres for the final laps of the race as he had run out of new mediums and soft tyres.

That caused him to have a big moment exiting the final corner at the restart, allowing Leclerc to pull alongside and overtake him on the run down to Turn 1.

Hamilton did not have the pace at the end to sustain a podium, which meant he would have been overtaken by George Russell, who eventually finished in fourth place.