‘That wasn’t what knocked him out’ - Lewis Hamilton’s car set-up claims debated
The true reason for Lewis Hamilton's shock Q1 exit in China has b𝄹een explaine🌠d.
168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lewis Hamilton’s claims about the set-up of his Mercedes F1 car have been debated following 🐻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澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen in the sprint race, he could only qualify 18﷽th on the grid for Sunday’s grand prix.
His Mercedes teammate 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:George Russell took eighth as he inflicted another qualifying defeat on Hamilton, who fai💧led 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澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Nico Rosberg contested.
The 39-year-old Briton’s latest qualifying struggle wa🧸s debated by Sky Sports F1 pundits Karun Chᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚandhok and Damon Hill.
"If he didn’t go deep at 14, he would have bཧeen quicker than George,” Chandhok said.
“He would have got through qualifying. Then wh🦹o knows, as th💦e session unfolded.
“Maybe theܫy did go in different set-up directions. But that wasn’t what knocked him out in Q1.
“It was the error at 14.”
1996 world champion Hill said: “They are✤ fighting over the crumbs at t꧂he 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 w꧅as suggesting that he doesn’t always 𒆙have that different a set-up to George.
“But subtle differences make a big diff𒁏erence in this sport.”
Chandhok then resp⭕onded: “The drivers have different set-ups all the time.
“The point you are making is valid. But Mercedes have🅺n’t fully understood the clear direction.
“As Damon knows, if you’ve got a good bas♒e-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-spe⛎cific. But the strong base-line is there. I bet Red Bull have the base-line. I think McLaren have that base-line now.
“Mercedes✨ still have not found that happy base-line which ꧒is why we are still hearing about these experiments.”
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