AUSTIN — In his personal phrases, his automobile “felt nice” on Friday.
Saturday, nevertheless, was a unique story for Lewis Hamilton.
The Mercedes driver and seven-time champion was shockingly eradicated in Q1 Saturday on the Formulation 1 United States Grand Prix, and can begin Sunday’s predominant occasion behind the sector. Talking with the media, together with SB Nation, following qualifying Hamilton pointed to a suspension challenge that started proper earlier than the beginning of the F1 Dash Race earlier within the day, the place Hamilton completed sixth.
“The automobile felt nice yesterday,” stated Hamilton after qualifying. “So clearly, actually optimistic for right this moment and one thing failed on the entrance suspension actually as we pulled away from the road for the formation lap, and I had that by the race.”
Whereas the group made repairs to the automobile following the F1 Dash Race to try to repair the difficulty, Hamilton conceded that the W15 “felt like a large number” throughout qualifying.
“So after we figured that out, they modified the nook, and didn’t really feel totally different, simply felt like a large number truthfully.”
After praising the group for making the change, and noting that the group is “working as laborious as they’ll,” Hamilton was requested what’s life like for him in Sunday’s United States Grand Prix.
“Not lots, actually,” was his brutally sincere reply.
With that, the seven-time champion was off, left to marvel what may have been on a Saturday afternoon in Austin.
