Lewis Hamilton furious after Q1 exit in Abu Dhabi

Lewis Hamilton was near frustrated aft failing to suffice for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix for the 4th clip successful a row. The world-class operator admitted helium felt “a batch of anger” astatine the concern helium recovered himself in.

He handed implicit his SF-25 to Arthur Leclerc for the archetypal escaped signifier league connected Friday, allowing Ferrari to springiness the young operator a chance. However, Hamilton spun retired successful the 3rd escaped signifier league and deed the barriers astatine Turn 9. “It conscionable touched the pavement and past I mislaid the rear end,” said the 38-year-old; “The squad saw the bounce that started and they said it continued passim the lap.”

The seven-time satellite champion finished qualifying successful 16th place, conscionable 0.008 seconds distant from qualifying for the 2nd round. It marked his 4th consecutive first-round exit, including the sprint qualifying successful Qatar.

When asked if the clang affected his driving, Hamilton replied: "It decidedly doesn't assistance erstwhile you miss the 2nd fastest lap." He added that the archetypal grooming league was "never useful", though helium admitted that "everyone is successful the aforesaid situation".

About Sunday's race

Hamilton does not expect overmuch successful Sunday's contention either; starting from the 16th position, successful his words, means that "you don't person overmuch you tin do". To the proposition that helium mightiness spell for hard tires and instrumentality a agelong long to amended his position, helium replied: "It's the aforesaid each play for me, truthful we'll try."

Pre-season investigating begins successful Barcelona successful 7 weeks, and Hamilton points retired that the wintertime interruption volition beryllium "the shortest" and that clip volition archer however helium volition mentally hole for adjacent season. In this, the 19th and astir hard play of his career, Hamilton struggled to lucifer Charles Leclerc and triumph points that would person fixed Ferrari a amended presumption successful the constructors' standings.

In the end, the seven-time champion simply says: “I person nary words to explicit however I feel, conscionable a batch of anger.”