Lewis Hamilton apologizes to Ferrari for the ‘unacceptable’ error in Belgium’s qualification
Lewis Hamilton blamed himself and said he would apologize to Ferrari for a “unacceptable” show on Saturday after he suffered another qualifier, his second in two days, in the Grand Prix Belgian.
The 40-year-old seven-year-old world champion, which was eliminated at Sprint First, qualified on Friday when he spinned in Chicane, repeated his disappointment while qualifying in a 16th poor place for Sunday’s race.
friend Charles Leclerc qualified third Hamilton had exceeded the dirty borders at the Q1 and had deleted his best lap.
“It was the same thing today as it was for the rest of the weekend,” Hamilton said.
“We made some changes and the car didn’t feel terrible.
“It was hard for us. We had to dress in our tire set just to try to overcome Q1, so it’s not great.
“On my part, I made a mistake, so I have to look inside and I have to apologize from my team because it is simply unacceptable to be out in both Q1S. It’s a very poor performance by myself.
“I will start from where I am and will see what I can do to achieve the best I can with what we have. This season has been a complicated.”
Hamilton won the Belgian race five times including the legacy of victory last year when his then Mercedes friend George Russell He was disqualified after winning in a underweight car.
Leclerc was optimistic and was surprised to be the third on the network.
“I am very happy today and it is strange to say that because it is still three tenths and it is only the third place but I didn’t expect it,” He said.
“I think we thought we were much more behind (Mclarens). We knew we had something more in the car and we definitely had the update this weekend, but we still fought yesterday.
“I had a really good lap and I’m happy with the car. It takes time to maximize the updates we put in the car.”
Hamilton’s success last year was the last of his record 105 wins from 368 breeds in the most successful career of all time, but since Mercedes’s departure for Ferrari this year he has fought and has not yet claimed his first podium for the Italian team.