‘An awful feeling as a driver’ - Lewis Hamilton’s W15 qualifying woes examined
Lewis Hamilton's ongoing F1 qualifying struggles compared ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚto Mercedes teammate George Russell have been analysed.
168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lewis Hamilton’s recent qualifying struggles have been analysed by former F1 driver-turned-pundit Karun Chandhok.
The seven-time world champion suffered a shock elimination in the second part of qualifying at the Australian Grand Prix and could o🐻nly set a time good enough for 11th on the grid.
The result marked Hamilton’s worst qualifying performance in Melbourne since 2010. It was also the third weekend in a row that he has been out-paced by Mercedes teammate 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:George Russell, who was seventh.
After the session, a frustrated Hamilton admitted the inconsistency of Mercಌedes’ W15 car “messes with the mind”.
"It almost seems corner to ༺corner in some ways,” Chandhok said during Sky’s coverage of qualifying.
"There are some parts when it looks like Lewis has got the balance a🎶nd grip underneath hi𒆙m then the next time he gets there, it goes away. That's an awful feeling as a driver.
"When you're going down the straight an𓆏d get onto the brakes, 🤡you want to know how your car is going to react and when you turn the wheel what are the feelings you get in terms of how your car moves.
"If you've got any hesitation in terms of predicting how that movement is going to go, iꦚmmediately you back off a bit and brake earlier or carry a bit less speed, then you start to bleed lap ꦓtime.
"That's what he's going through now. He's not able to clearly know what's going to ཧhappen. Unfortunately, ✨that's the cycle there are in at the moment.”
Fellow Sky F1 pundit Naomi Schiff said Mercedes’ underwhelming🎃 competitiveness over a single lap is hard to understand.
"𝓀It's not just messing with his mind but our minds as well,” Schiff said.
“On Friday, they were off the pace then in final practice they got out on track and were really qu𝔍ick, so for him to drop out in Q2, it's just kind of 'what's going on?’
"It's been inconsistent for a long time. It's frustrating for them to come out with the same statements about what's wronꦕg with the car.
"They've got to fight through tomorrow. They have shown Sundays still seem to be where thღe car comes to life a bit more and maximise on Sunday, so hopefully he can co💜me through."
Lewis regularly attends Grands Prix for mahbx.com around t𒈔he world. Often reporting on the action from the ground, Lewis tells the stories of the people who matter inꦚ the sport.
