Lewis Hamilton has mirrored on his disappointing last qualifying session as a Mercedes driver in Abu Dhabi. The seven-time world champion will finish his prolonged partnership with Mercedes this weekend as he strikes to Ferrari. After a wierd incident in Q1, the Brit was eradicated from the session with a bollard caught beneath his W15. Regardless of the elimination, Hamilton continues to be hoping to get pleasure from his last weekend with the workforce he is had a lot success with.
“I haven’t got any feelings. I am fairly chilled. It was an unlucky session, and we obtained the bollard underneath the automobile,” Hamilton informed GPblog and different media current within the paddock of the Yas Marina Circuit.Â
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The Brit had an on-track bollard caught beneath his W15 within the last part of his Q1 lap. Kevin Magnussen, who appeared to get out of the best way of Hamilton, ran over it, which peculiarly ended up in Hamilton’s path. Nonetheless, Mercedes weren’t proud of the session. Hamilton solely obtained to the road with 5 seconds to go within the session. “The automobile was turning actually good usually. In FP3, I used to be third. Truthfully, I assumed we have been going to be preventing for a podium. My race tempo was second quickest,” he continued.Â
Hamilton displays on ‘unlucky’ session:
“The timing for that to get underneath the automobile is simply nuts,” Hamilton mentioned when requested concerning the bollard which ruined his session. “I do not really feel the ache within the enamel as such. I believe, for me, I’ve simply been very current, I have been having fun with each second, I’ve obtained the automobile in a very good place, the setup modifications we have been making, the automobile’s been utterly completely different to the final 5 races this weekend, it has been feeling actually nice, and so it’s unlucky,” Hamilton defined.Â
“I am going to see how far I can go”
Lastly, the Brit was requested about his expectations for tomorrow’s Grand Prix. “It is not going to be simple to overhaul tomorrow, however I am engaged on technique now, and as a substitute of preventing for a podium, I see how far I can get into the highest ten. That will be superb. I really feel like I made it. I survived a really, very hardcore yr. I will be unhappy to not be racing anymore this yr, however I believe subsequent yr will come round quickly sufficient. I will miss all these those who I’ve set to work with.” Hamilton concluded.
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