News Details

Mercedes explain Hamilton's botched qualifying in Jeddah

Mercedes justified Lewis Hamilton's early exit from qualifying in Saudi Arabia by taking the set-up on the Briton's W13 "a bit too far". Hamilton suffered a dreadful qualifying in Jeddah, his worst in five years, with the seven-time F1 world champion eliminated as early as Q1. The Briton delivered an apology to his Mercedes team after his Saturday evening knock-out, but trackside engineering director Andrew Shovlin admitted that an ill-fated attempt by the team to push the boundaries of the Silver Arrows' set-up was to blame for the failure. "Fundamentally, we don't really understand the car yet as well as we do at the end of the year – we've only had two races with...
Full Story »
3y ago from F1i.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Mercedes explain why Hamilton struggled in Saudi...

Article To news overview © RN365/Michael Potts Mercedes have stated that...
3y ago from RacingNews365.com

Saudi GP: Terrorists agree brief ceasefire after...

Houthi militants in Yemen have announced a three-day ceasefire in the...
3y ago from Formula1News.co.uk

Sainz: Porpoising a bit of an issue in Jeddah

Ferrari's Friday of the 2022 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix in Jeddah wasn't...
3y ago from GrandPrix247.com

Sainz reveals bizarre reason for qualifying struggles...

Ferrari driver Carlos Sainz have revealed that he was unable to tap into...
3y ago from Formula1News.co.uk

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Pedro Acosta praises KTM’s ‘really nice job’...

Pedro Acosta has praised KTM’s off-season development for helping him...
11h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Gallery: IndyCar kicks off 2026 season at St. Pete

Motorsport Week has exclusive images from the IndyCar curtain-raiser in...

Watch: Mick Schumacher taken out on opening lap of...

Fans of Mick Schumacher could switch off early after his IndyCar debut at...
13h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Popular On GunnersToday.com

‘Exceptional' Arsenal star makes worrying...

Arsenal defender Riccardo Calafiori has spoken openly about a return to...
3h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Brighton & Hove Albion vs Arsenal Prediction and...

Brighton & Hove Albion will host Arsenal at the American Express Stadium...
6h ago from SportsKeeda.com

After scoring goal in win over Chelsea, Jurrien Timber...

Jurrien Timber has said that Arsenal cannot afford to make costly mistakes...
7h ago from SportsKeeda.com

'We can't have the championship decided on corner...

Manchester United legend Peter Schmeichel has called for Premier League...
9h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.