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Hamilton catastrophe as unfastened bollard places him out of Q1 in ultimate Mercedes outing
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Hamilton catastrophe as unfastened bollard places him out of Q1 in ultimate Mercedes outing

Motorsports December 8, 2024
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Lewis Hamilton’s ultimate qualifying for Mercedes in Formulation 1 led to a disappointing Q1 exit on Saturday after a flying bollard bought trapped beneath his automotive.

The seven-time world champion was on his ultimate effort to place in a lap that will get him by means of to Q2 when he stumbled on a gradual Kevin Magnussen within the Haas.

The Dane, conscious Hamilton was developing behind him within the resort part, moved off the monitor and behind the kerbs to strive to not block the Mercedes.

Nevertheless, in doing so, Magnussen struck the bollard that’s on the within apex, flinging it throughout the monitor simply as Hamilton arrived.

With no time to react, Hamilton ran over the bollard and it bought trapped beneath his automotive as he tried to complete the lap.

Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes-AMG F1 Group

Picture by: Sam Bloxham / Motorsport Photographs

The aerodynamics would have been badly affected and a lacklustre ultimate sector meant the Briton missed out on stepping into the highest 15 occasions by lower than one tenth of a second, ending up 18th out of 20 drivers.

Clearly indignant concerning the state of affairs and the shortage of tempo, Hamilton got here on the workforce radio straight afterwards and stated: “That was unhealthy man, Jesus”

Mercedes boss Toto Wolff, who lowered his head in frustration at Hamilton’s Q1 exit in his ultimate Mercedes occasion, concurred: “Sure Lewis. That was unhealthy.”

Hamilton is predicted to start out his ultimate race with Mercedes from sixteenth on the grid owing to penalties for Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc and Williams driver Alex Albon.

Hamilton’s team-mate George Russell did make it by means of Q3, however might solely qualify seventh with a time that was half a second down on polesitter Lando Norris within the lead McLaren.

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