Mercedes have explained why 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lewis Hamilton’s request to retire his car in the F1 Qatar Grand Prix was rejected.

The seven-time world champion’s disappointing run of recent form continued in Qatar as he finished the penultimate race of the season outside of the points in 12😼th after being hit with two penalties and suffering a puncture.

Hamilton picked up a five-second time penalty ꦉfor a false start before later being hit with ♍a drive-through penalty for speeding in the pitlane.

Duri😼ng his miserable outing, Hamilton was heard asking Mercedes over team radio to “park his car”, which was dismissed by race engineer Peter ‘Bono’ Bonnington.

Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff revealed this was ♒so his penalty did not get carried over into this weekend’s season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.

“So, I mean, the race was bad,” Wolff told media i꧋ncluding ꦜafter Sunday’s race in Qatar.

“I think the car was sort of difficult for most of them to drive. It just didn’t tꦉurn enough.

💜“When the grip kicks in, the undeꦿrsteer, there are terrible understeer and both of them suffer from that.

“And then [it] comes to that, the poor start, and the pitlane speeding, and it ღcame to a point quite well it almost didn’t make an𒁃y sense to continue.

“But if you park the car, you’re carrying this five-second penalty into🌄 Abu Dhabi.”

Abu Dhabi a ‘celebration’ for Hamilton

Abu Dhabi will mark Hamilton’s final ra🍰ce for Mercedeಌs after 12 seasons with the team, before he completes a blockbuster switch to Ferrari.

W🐬olff insisted the weekend will be one of “celebration” for🧜 Hamilton and Mercedes.

“First of all, with Lewis, we have tওhis amazing partnership that has gone on for 20 years,” Wolff said.

“We’ve won eight Constructors’ Championships and six Drivers’ with him, and I don’t know how many races he won, 80-something. So that’s the ꧑overarching feeling.

“I think when I speak to༺ Lewis, that’s something which we are holding dearly.

“No🌳w, these last races, maybe in the whole season, in the last week, was clearly not what we expect.

“That car has a handful to drive on its worst days, like it was today. The moment the grip kicksꦐ in, [it] just doesn’t turn. So, we have one more [race] to go.

“We will continue to give it our utmost, and we will celebrate the partnership, the relationship that we had, and those few races will be forgotten quickly. As much as it hurts at the mꦦoment.”