Lewis Hamilton has had a miserable Formula 1 season in 2022. In the last Imola Grand Prix he was in the position 13 and also left one of the scenes when on the lap 40 had to move aside to make way for Max Verstappen, who won the GP this Sunday.
“Lewis, we have a blue flag for Verstappen”, was just what his engineer Bono managed to say before Verstappen rushed past and lapped him to secure his victory. A dystopian image compared to what happened last season.
The seven-time champion of the world stated that it is impossible to compete and is sure that he is out of the championship, even though the Formula 1 season is just beginning.
“I’ll try to recover in the best possible way, but I’m out of the championship for sure”, said the Mercedes driver. “No doubt about that. I think the team is… This is very difficult, everyone feels it and everyone is downcast, giving the best of themselves”, he said.
Toto Wolff, executive director of Mercedes, apologized to Hamilton for the car and stated that they will try to improve it for the next race.
“Lewis, I want to apologize for the undrivable car we gave you today. We are going to work to improve it”, he said before the ears of half the world. “We’ll get out of this,” replied Lewis, who is in seventh position, 60 points behind the leader Leclerc.
“I can’t say that I’m particularly anxious at the moment, but I’m sure that during the week I’ll get to a positive point of mind. I’ll be at the factory tomorrow to work with the guys and see what we can improve. At least Russell got some points today for the team. So I apologize to everyone for not being able to do it”, he concluded after the race.
Despite the fact that Hamilton’s car did not meet his expectations, Rusell was able to finish in fourth position and is fourth in the World Championship 13 points ahead. Despite this difference, Wollf says the car is not good enough.
“It’s not good enough for a World Champion, it’s not worthy of a World Champion and we just need to fix the car”, Wolff closed.
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