Lewis Hamilton says he has “no hope” for the Brazilian
Grand Prix after being eliminated in Q1 in 16th place having struggled with an
“undrivable” W15.
Hamilton’s Brazilian Grand Prix, for which he’s wearing an
Ayrton Senna-inspired helmet, is not going to plan with the Briton potentially
leaving the Interlagos circuit without a single point on the board.
Lewis Hamilton: I’m not going to be negative, it is what
it is
At least that’s what he’s expecting after qualifying.
Hamilton was
11th in Saturday’s Sprint before a deluge hit the circuit shortly after with
heavy rain and standing water forcing the FIA to postpone qualifying until
Sunday morning.
Although it was still raining, the conditions were much
better and Hamilton was quickly out on track only to find himself in the drop
zone when Q1 was red-flagged for Franco Colapinto’s Turn 3 crash. His team-mate
George Russell was also in the bottom five and Mercedes were under pressure as
more rain began to fall.
Despite twice improving to break out of the drop zone,
Hamilton was repeatedly knocked back into the bottom five and finished
qualifying early, down in 16th place.
“Damn car!” he lamented to Mercedes over the radio while
Russell progressed with the third fastest time.
But as Russell stayed on track to qualify his W15 in second
place behind Lando Norris, Hamilton was speaking to the media about his short
session.
“I’m not going to be negative,” he said. “It is what it is.
“I don’t have any hopes for the race. Just going to do what
I can do.
“With the car I have right now, it’s the worst I’ve ever
driven so I probably won’t be going very far with it.
“Maybe I’ll start from the pit lane and… I don’t know, we’ll see, but it’s undrivable.
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