FIA hit Lewis Hamilton and Lando Norris with time penalties in miserable Qatar GP

Details of the penalties, w😼rites Lewis Larkam in Qatar

Lewis Hamilton
Lewis Hamilton

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lewis Hamilton was hit with a do🧔uble pen🅰alty at the F1 Qatar Grand Prix.

First, the seven-time world champion was given a five-second penalty for a false start. He later was forced to serve a🍃 drive-through penalty for speeding in the pit lane. 

Hamilton, who was disappointed to qualify nearly half a second behind teammate George Russell in sixth, dropped several places off the line due to the messy start. He fell as low as ninth by th🉐e end of the first lap. 

Hamilton subsequently fell 🌞to 15th and last place. 

Lando Norris was then hit with a 10-second stop-go penalty for speedi𝓀ng under yellow flags.

The McLaren driver dropped from second to 15th.

N꧒orris ev𒆙entually finished 10th, and Hamilton was 12th.

Torrid weekend for Lewis Hamilton

Hamilton h🐠as endured a frustrating weekend 🥀in Qatar, his penultimate race for Mercedes before making a blockbuster switch to rivals Ferrari next season.

The 39-year-old Briton could only qualify seventh for the sprint and finished the 100km race sixth, before his one-lap struggles꧃ continued in 🐷regular qualifying.

After worryingly admitting that he is “definitely not fast an👍ymore”, Hamilton rowed back on his comments by insisting he has “still got it” o꧋n Saturday.

"Just the car won'tᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚ go any faster," Hamilton said. "♛I definitely know I've got it still. It's not a question in my mind."

"I'm slow. 🍬I’m half a second off my team-mate in the same car. It 🐼wasn't a tricky session. My laps were pretty decent, just half a second off.

"I set my car up a little bit differently today and honestly the car f꧒elt g🤪reat. It is the first time we have made a set-up change and the car felt good.

"My laps are gener🎃ally really good and I come across the l꧑ine and that’s half a second down.”

He added: "[I'm] looking ꦅforward to the end [of th🐷e season]."

Hamilton, the all-time F1 record holder for pole positions with 104, ꧟has been defeated 22-6 by Russell over the course of the year in all qualifying sessions (including sprint ev൲ents). 

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