‘That wasn’t what knocked him out’ - Lewis Hamilton’s car set-up claims debated
The tru💎e reason for Lewis Hamilton's shock Q1 exit in China has been explained.
168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lewis Hamilton’s claims about the set-up of his Mercedes F1 car have been debated following 👍his shocking Chiꦡnese Grand Prix qualifying result.
Just hours after the seven-time world champion enjoyed his best result of the season by finishing second to Red Bull’s 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen in the sprint race, he could only qualify 18th on the grid forꦬ Sunday’s grand prix.
His Mercedes teammate 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:George Russell took eighth as he inflicted another qualifying defeat on Hamilton, who failed to make it out of Q1 for the first time in two years following a costly e🔯rror at Turn 14.
Hamilton said he had made “massive changes” to his car ahead of qualifying, something that his former teammate and title rival 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Nico Rosberg contested.
The 39-year-old Briton’s latest qualifying struggle was debated by Sky Sports F1 pundits Karun Chandhok ꦯan💝d Damon Hill.
"If he didn’t go deep at 14♐, he would have been quicker than Ge🌌orge,” Chandhok said.
“He would have got🍃 through qualifying. Then who knows, as the session 🧜unfolded.
“Maybe they did go in different set-up directions. But that wasn’t🐓 what knocked him out in Q1.
“It was the error at 14.”
1996 world champion Hill said: “They are fighting🎐 over the ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚcrumbs at the table.
"They are not in the title fight. Okay, in the co💟nstructors, they want to get the best results. But frankly they are not where they want to be, or expect to be. So the꧙y are trying everything.
“I don’t know what Lewis’ set-up is. Nico was suggesting that he doesn’t always have that different a se🍎t-up to George.
“But subtle differences make a bigꦡ difference inಌ this sport.”
Chandhok then responded: “The 🥂drivers hav🍎e different set-ups all the time.
“Tওhe point you are making is 𝕴valid. But Mercedes haven’t fully understood the clear direction.
“As Damon know𝐆s, if you’ve got a good base-line, you will arrive at a circuit with a good base-line set-up which pretty much works at most circuits.
“Then, a little tweak which is circuit-specific. But tꦑhe strong base-line is there. I bet R💧ed Bull have the base-line. I think McLaren have that base-line now.
“Mercedes still have not found that happy base-line which is why we are still hearing about𒆙 these experiments.”
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