Lewis Hamilton joy as Mercedes F1 car “came alive” in wet sprint qualifying
Lewis Ha♛milton felt like his 🎃Mercedes F1 car "came alive" in qualifying for the Chinese Grand Prix sprint.
168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lewis Hamilton says his Mercedes F1 car “came 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 Mercedes second on the grid for Sat🍎urday’s sprint race.
Hamilton was beaten to pole position by 1.2 seconds by McLaren’s 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lando Norris but secured his and Me🌜rcedes’ best qualifying result so far this season.
Teammate 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:George Russell was𒆙 only 11th after suffering an elimination in SQ2.
“It was very tricky, tricky conditions, not a lot of grip as you saw for everyone,” Hamilton said. “But yeah, so happ💖y. As soon as I saw the rain coming, I was getting excited.
“Naturally in dry conditions, we’re not quick enough, so whe💧n the rain came, an🦹d 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-British front-row, Hamilton doubts Mercedes will have the paꦑce to challenge for victory in the sprint race, e🅺specially if it is dry.
“It really depends what the conditions will be. If it’s like that, maybe we’ll have a chance of being somewhere𓂃 up there,” he explained.
“I think i𒈔f it’s dry, naturally the Fe🦋rraris and Red Bulls will come by. Maybe we can hold off some of the others.”
Hamilton is enduring his wor🌟st-ever start to an F1 season by his performance was praised by Sky Sports’ punditওs.
“All day he was ahead of George. Even in the dry sessions, George didn’t s❀eem comfortable or confident in the car,” Karun Chandhok said.
“Lewis exists to win. He won’t be happy 🍸to be d𓂃own the order, as he was in the dry sessions of FP1. When the rain came, he rose to the challenge and delivered the lap.
“He will be crossing his fingers and doing a rain dance because it’s his only chance of getting on the pod𝔍ium.”
1996 world champion Damon Hill added: “He got excited when the raꦍin came because he knew he could do something with the car which, u🧸nder normal circumstances, would not be competitive.”
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