Lewis Hamilton started off on the wrong foot on Saturday in the 2023 F1 Austrian GP sprint. The British pilot experienced a disastrous shootout classification (before the sprint race). In mixed conditions, with a very fine track that dries up every second and improves a lot throughout Q1 (shootout 1), the parity is huge and the cars setting the time on their last lap will make cut And in that context, Lewis Hamilton sank.
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The English pilot was eliminated in the first classification session and shootout and will be forced to start in 18th position in the sprint race this Saturday afternoon. In this way, hamilton It will be very difficult for them to score any points, as points are only awarded for the first 8 in this short race in this kind of new Grand Prix format that is repeated for up to 6 events in the current calendar.
“The timing was really bad,” said Hamilton, complaining to his team about the moment they took him out on the track. Lewis canceled his lap for exceeding the track’s limits in the final high-speed corners, where it was all too easy to go over the outer white line that delimits the layout’s limits.
George Russell, 15th due to problems
For his part, George Russell, who managed to get into Q2, was unable to take to the track for the second qualifying session due to hydraulic problems with his Mercedes. George had to start 15th because he couldn’t set a time because he didn’t come out on track in Q2.
Source: La Verdad
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