Lewis Hamilton joy as Mercedes F1 car “came alive” in wet sprint qualifying
Lewis Hamilton felt like his Mercedes F1 car "came alive" in qualifying for t🎃he Chinese Grand Prix spri꧟nt.
168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Lewis Hamilton says his Mercedes F1 car “c𝐆ame alive” in a wet qualifying for the Chinese Grand Prix sprint race.
The seven-time world champion only just advanced to SQ3 in Shanghai but capitalised on a downpour to put his Mercedไes second on the grid for Saturday’s sprint race.
Hamilton was beaten to pole position by 1.2 seconds by McLaren’s 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Lando Norris but✅ secured his and Mercedes’ best qualifying result so far this s🌱eason.
Teammate 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:George Russell was only 11th after suffering an elimi𝓰nation in SQ2.&ꦓnbsp;
“It was very tricky, tricky conditions, not a lot of grip as you saw 🅠for everyone,” Hamilton said. “But yeah, s♍o happy. As soon as I saw the rain coming, I was getting excited.
“Naturally in dry conditions, we’re not quick enough, so when the rain came, and I thought I’d have a bit of a better opportunity, and that’s kind of when it 🎶all came alive.”
Despite finding himself on an all-B🐻ritish front-row, Hamilton doubts Mercedes will have the pace to challenge for victory in the sprint race, especially if it is dry.
“It really depends what the conditions will be. If it’s like that, maybeඣ we’ll have a chance of being somewhere up there,” he explained.
“I think if it’s dry, naturally the Ferraris and Red Bulls will come꧅ ღby. Maybe we can hold off some of the others.”
Hamilton is enduring his worst-ever start to an F1 season by his performance ⛎was praised by Sky Spo♈rts’ pundits.
“All day he was ahead of George. 🍰Even in the dry sessions, George didn’t seem comfortable or confident in the car,” Karun Chandhok said.
“Lewis exists to win. He won’t be happy to be down the orde♎r, as he was in the dry sessions of FP1. When the rain came, he rose to the challenge and d🏅elivered the lap.
“He will be crossing his finger﷽s and doing a rain dance because it’s his༒ only chance of getting on the podium.”
1996 world champion Damon Hill ad♍ded: “He got excited when t🐈he rain came because he knew he could do something with the car which, under normal circumstances, would not be competitive.”
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