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jensen button believe that Lewis Hamilton To be blamed for huge error late in qualifying who declared him finally dead For las vegas grand prix,
Hamilton, who has endured tough debut campaign In ferrari Red, hit a new low in wet conditions on Friday night qualifying 20th on the grid At pure speed for the first time in his 19 years of life f1 Livelihood.
The 40-year-old – who has recorded some of his best ever wins in wet conditions – could not adapt ferrari The car was 2.3 seconds slower than its teammate Charles LeclercYet Hamilton made a huge mistake in the final seconds of Q1,
After his final push lap was hampered by yellow flags, the Briton thought he had crossed the start-finish line too late to start the second lap, with red lights flashing overhead. However, replays showed that Hamilton could actually have started another push lap, as he crossed the timing line with the light still green.
Sky F1’s Bernie Collins revealed after hearing the radio message that the Ferrari pit wall had told Hamilton to continue “pushing”, but Hamilton removed the accelerator. Asked if he could defend Hamilton for the mistake, fellow Sky F1 pundit and 2009 world champion Button replied: “No – that’s a difficult one. He’s probably not the first person to make that mistake, but the timing line is a different line from Gentry.
“You have to know that because the time comes up on your dash. We’re all told what our lap time is when you cross that line.”
“I think he should be aware of every rule – it’s really difficult as a driver if you see the red light flashing above you, you think it’s over. But the time line is clearly ahead of him.
“When it’s so tough out there, with so much going on… he’s so focused on what’s the right thing to do to start the next lap.”
However, a frustrated Hamilton was unaware of the error when speaking to the media later.
“I got yellow flags coming into the last corner and turn 17, so I had to lift and when I came to the line there were red flags,” he said.
“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 a good spot, but the rain came. Honestly, there’s not much else to say.”
lando norris took pole position in vegasMax Verstappen finished second and Carlos Sainz third. Norris’s McLaren teammate Oscar Piastri could only qualify fifth, while Hamilton’s teammate Charles Leclerc finished ninth.