Lewis Hamilton was despondent after dropping out of qualifying within the first spherical once more at Yas Marina.
The Ferrari driver did not progress past the primary spherical of qualifying in the entire last three grands prix this 12 months, in addition to for the dash race in Losail final week.
He missed the minimize for Q2 by simply eight thousandths of a second right this moment. He was on the right track to enhance on his last lap earlier than dropping time within the last sector.
“I feel a lot of the lap was ok to get by,” he advised the official Method 1 channel. “I simply didn’t end it.”
Hamilton missed some operating in last apply after crashing at flip 9. He mentioned “the staff did a mega job” to restore his automobile earlier than qualifying. “They deserved higher, for certain.”
His qualifying session started nicely as he briefly held fifth place. “We made plenty of modifications and the automobile felt nice right this moment,” he advised Sky afterwards.
He apologised to the staff on his radio as he drove again to the pits following his elimination.
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Hamilton has sharply criticised his driving on a number of events this 12 months and not too long ago mentioned little or no when requested by media about his efficiency in qualifying. He admitted after right this moment’s qualifying session he was deeply annoyed to have certified so poorly once more.
“I don’t have the phrases to explain the sensation I’ve inside,” mentioned Hamilton. “There’s an insufferable quantity of anger and rage. There’s not likely a lot I can say about it.”
His staff mate Charles Leclerc took fifth on the grid. Workforce principal Frederic Vasseur mentioned Hamilton’s weekend was additionally compromised by the actual fact he didn’t take part in first apply.
“It’s been troublesome for Lewis as a result of he didn’t drive in FP1, having given up his seat to Arthur [Leclerc] after which got here the crash midway by FP3,” mentioned Vasseur. “In this type of scenario, the place there are solely two tenths separating P4 and P18 when you miss a lot operating, it’s an excessive amount of to get well from. You’ll be able to’t produce a efficiency primarily based simply on FP2.”
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