Singapore GP: Lewis Hamilton “just didn’t have the grip” for first pole of F1 2022 season
The seven-time world champion was in contention for his first pole of 2022 and was by far the fastest driver during the early runs of Q3, but ended up slipping to third after 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Charles Leclerc and found late improvements.
Hamilton admitted he hoped to replicate his stunning pole lap from 2018 in Singapore but ultimately misℱsed out by just 0.054s to Ferrari’s Leclerc.
"I was pushing so hard, it was so, so close. It was trying so🥃 hard," Hamilton said. "These guys are always so quick, but I really thought maybe with a perfect lap, which was really hard to get, that we could be fighting for first place.
"I just didn't have the grip in𝔉 the last lap but nonetheless, I'm grateful to be on the second row. And I'm grateful to the team for continuing to push and we just keep our head down, hopefully tomorrow will be a better day.”
Hamilton added: "We didn't know how close we would be this weekend. We knew that the car will be stronger than it was in Monza, but we diไdn't know how close it would be.
"But to lose out by just that bit...it was okay. We wil🌠l just get up and fight again tomorrow.”
Hamilton said he had no explanation for why Mercedes were so co🎀mpetitive in conditions the W13 has traditionally struggled in this season and joked it depends on “what mood the car is in”.
The 37-year-old admitted a small error at Turn 16 probably cos⭕t him pole.
“Turn 16, I had a b꧟it of an oversteer moment and ran a bit wide in 16 and the rest of that sector just was𒁏n’t that great,” he said.
“So a bit of time was lost there✤ for sure, which is obviously frus𝄹trating.”
Hamilton will bဣe looking to end his 18-race streak without a victory in Sunday’s grand prix in order to preserve his record of being the only F1 driver in history to have won at least one race in every season he has contested.
But Hamilton will have his work cut to take his fifth victory at a circuit where theꦡ polesitter has won eight times in the previous 12𒈔 races.
“Let’s hope we can do somethin൲g in the race tomorrow,” Hamilton said.
“It’s very hard to overtake here but maybe we can have a better strategy than these g꧙uys.”
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