‘That wasn’t what knocked him out’ - Lewis Hamilton’s car set-up claims debated
T♋he true reason for Lewis Hamilton'⛄s shock Q1 exit in China has been explained.
168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Lewis Hamilton’s claims about the set-up of his Mercedes F1 car have been debated folloᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚwing his෴ shocking Chinese 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5最新开奖结果:Max Verstappen in the sprint race, he could only qualify 18th on the grid f𓃲or Sunday’s grand prix.
His Mercedes teammate 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:George Russell took eighth as he inflict🎃ed another qualifying defeat on Hamilton, who failed to make it out of Q1 for the first time in two years following a costly error 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5最新开奖结果:Nico Rosberg contested.
The 39-year-old Briton’s latest qualifying str🍸uggle was debated by Sky Sports F1 pundits Karun Chandhok and Da🀅mon Hill.
"If he didn’t go deep at 14, he would have been q💟uicker than George,” Chandhok said.
“He would have got through qualifying. Thꦅen who knows, as the session unf🧔olded.
“Maybe they did g𝄹o in different set-up directions. But that wasn’t what knocked♛ him out in Q1.
“It was the error at 14.”
1996 world champion H♌ill said: “They are fighting over the cꦰrumbs at the table.
"They are not in the title fight. Okay, in the constructors, they want to get the best results. But frankly they are not where they want to be, or expect to🦄 be. So they are trying everything.
“I don’t know what Lewis’ set-up is. Nico was su🎃ggesting that he doesn’t always have that different a set-up to G𒁏eorge.
“But subtle d𓃲iff🔥erences make a big difference in this sport.”
Chandhok then responded: “The drivers have di🙈fferent set-ups all the time.
“The poin🦂t you are making is valid. But Mercedes haven’t fully understood the clear direction.
“A🔜s Damon knows, 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 the strong base-line is there. I bet Red Bull have the base-line. I thi꧒nk McLaren have that base-line now.
“Mercedes still have not found that happy 🥂base-line which is why we are still hearing about these experiments.”
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