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Hamilton: “I do know I’ve nonetheless obtained it” regardless of qualifying struggles
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Hamilton: “I do know I’ve nonetheless obtained it” regardless of qualifying struggles

Motorsports November 30, 2024
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Lewis Hamilton insists that he has “nonetheless obtained it”, regardless of the present struggles he’s having in extracting tempo from his Mercedes F1 automobile.

The seven-time world champion continues to face frustrations in getting probably the most out of himself in qualifying, as he once more completed adrift of his team-mate George Russell in qualifying for the Qatar Grand Prix.

Whereas Russell put his automobile on the entrance row, Hamilton ended up sixth on the grid, 0.436 seconds again.

This was a much bigger hole than the 0.399 deficit in dash qualifying that had left him confessing that “I am undoubtedly not quick anymore.”

However whereas not hiding from the truth that he has had a tough season and issues have been undoubtedly not gelling as he hoped, Hamilton mentioned on Saturday that deep down he felt he nonetheless had all of the potential he wanted to ship in F1.

“Yeah, I do know I’ve nonetheless obtained it,” he mentioned. “Simply the automobile will not go any sooner, I undoubtedly know I’ve obtained it nonetheless. It isn’t a query in my thoughts. [But I’m] trying ahead to the tip.”

Whereas Hamilton once more mentioned that his Mercedes automobile was feeling “respectable” in qualifying, he nonetheless believed there was no hiding from the truth that the deficit to Russell was nonetheless fairly huge.

Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes F1 W15

Photograph by: Zak Mauger / Motorsport Photos

“I am gradual,” he mentioned. “I am half a second off my team-mate in the identical automobile.”

Requested if the remarks about his tempo have been a broader factor past simply this weekend, he mentioned: “No, it has been all yr.”

Hamilton supplied no solutions as to what was not working for him proper now, as he additionally urged that there can be no instant answer that might unlock one thing earlier than the tip of the season.

“It isn’t doable to alter it. Proper now,” he admitted.

Hamilton completed sixth within the earlier dash race, after exhibiting some robust pace – and getting concerned in a battle with future Ferrari team-mate Charles Leclerc.

And after barely regretting not having pushed extra robustly, he vowed to play issues a bit harder if there have been repeat circumstances on Sunday.

“Yeah, it was alright,” he mentioned. “It was truthful. Good and shut. I imply, I did not defend: I ought to have defended, however I did not.

“He was a bit faster than me and he was in all probability going to come back by anyway. So if I am in the identical place once more tomorrow, I will put extra of a struggle out for certain.”

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