Ferrari driver Lewis Hamilton was almost knocked out of Q1 during the British Grand Prix.
Ferrari driver Lewis Hamilton was almost knocked out of Q1 during the British Grand Prix.
Hamilton didn’t end up doing a final lap to close out the session, and drivers below him were improving sector by sector.
In the end, he finished in P14 after Q1, just sneaking through and avoiding a disastrous result.
It wasn’t a lack of pace that hindered Hamilton during the sessions, but rather it was a procedural mistake by the team.
«I think the timing was off; we only had fuel for one lap of fuel and there was still time on the table to just cool down and go again», Hamilton said after qualifying.
«Big, big risk and that was definitely, I think overall not well executed; then we executed better in the next two [sessions].»
Hamilton ended up finishing in fifth, giving him a good chance of getting a podium if the team can capitalize on its promising pace throughout the weekend so far.
