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Lewis Hamilton a new one f1 Career at low level las vegas grand prix Because he qualified slowest in the field on pure speed for the first time in his career.
In treacherous wet conditions At the Vegas Strip, Hamilton struggled throughout as the entire grid eventually switched to full-wet tyres, which are rarely used in modern F1.
Yet Hamilton – who has scored some of his best ever wins in wet conditions – could not adapt ferrari car and would start the race in 20th, finishing 2.3 seconds slower than his teammate Charles Leclerc,
who is 40 years old Still to record a podium with his new teamHe was hampered on his final push lap by yellow flags in the final sector and then thought he had passed the time limit on the start-finish straight too late to start the second lap. However, slow-motion replays showed that Hamilton could actually have started another push lap, as he crossed the line while the lights were still green.
“I don’t really have words for it,” a disappointed Hamilton said in the media pen afterwards. “It’s clearly not good enough.
“I couldn’t get the temperature in the tyres, there was too much understeer and I think one of my front brakes had flashed so I was really struggling to stop it in the corners.
“Of course, it’s very annoying, because the car looked great in P3 and I thought it would be a good day and it turned out to be the worst day.
“It can’t be worse than this.”
This marks a new career low: Hamilton has never before qualified in the last position on the grid without special circumstances. Leclerc ultimately finished ninth on the grid, While Lando Norris took pole position Another big step towards a first F1 World Championship for the Briton.
Hamilton also has the distinction of being the first Ferrari driver to qualify dead-last since Giancarlo Fisichella at the 2009 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.
Further explaining his issues at the end of Q1, Hamilton said: “I got yellow flags at the last corner and coming into Turn 17 there were yellow flags, so I had to take a lift and when I came to the line there were red flags.
“It was very slippery and the first set of tires were not working for us and I struggled to get heat in the tires for some reason.
“It’s a shame because the guys have done such a good job and the car looked great in FP3 and I really felt like we had good pace, but then the rain came.
“Honestly, there’s not much to say.”
The latest chapter of Hamilton’s year to forget came 11 days after Ferrari chairman John Elkann told him. “Talk less and focus on his driving.”Earlier, Hamilton described his first season in red “Bad experience.”
He has now been out-qualified by Leclerc 17 times this year and is 66 points behind the Monegasque in the drivers’ standings.
When Hamilton was asked about his strong feeling, he said: “I don’t really have an answer. It obviously feels terrible; it doesn’t feel good. I just have to let it go and try and come back tomorrow.
“I did everything I could in terms of preparation. I felt like after practice we were the fastest, and then you end up qualifying 20th, and this year is definitely the hardest year.
“We have a fast car. But it will be really difficult to come back from last.”