Lewis Hamilton Formula 1 was great on Saturday Chinese Grand Prix in his sprint competition, where he took a respectable second place. However, he thoroughly messed up the qualifying session before the main race, finishing only 18th, and then he was sent off in ninth place in the race.
With this, the seven-time world champion continues to have a very poor performance, scoring only 19 points and thus occupying ninth place in the table. His teammate, George Russell, collected 33 points and can expect to continue from seventh place. Hamilton revealed after the race that Mercedes suffered because of his set-up suggestions.
“I thought I could have hit someone because I have never felt so understeer in any of my cars. Other people’s cars were damaged, there was a lot of debris on the track, I suspected a similar problem here. But we actually just shot it with the settings that I suggested” – explained Lewis Hamilton, which was witnessed by the Hungarian Nation. Mercedes team boss, Toto Wolff he was also unabashedly honest and spoke thoroughly to the seven-time world champion.
We can explain the problems every time, even now, even though we really just put the car together wrong. Lewis also gave ideas for the development, but they were so terrible that the car didn’t even want to turn
– Toto Wolff pulled the lid off Lewis Hamilton. And to complete the picture, his former great rival, Nico Rosberg, also got the opportunity to say something to his former teammate.
“George usually finishes ahead of Lewis, leading 4-1 in qualifying. Lewis always explains the defeats with the different settings, which caused the big difference between their cars. As always, this was his excuse. Meanwhile, George replies that as far as he knows, they had the same settings” explained Nico Rosberg.
The next F1 race will be held on May 5 in Miami. Mercedes is preparing for the American race with a development package, so the Hamiltons can hope for a better continuation after their weak start to the season.
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