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Lewis Hamilton Labeled his debut ferrari Campaigned for “worst season ever” after finishing 10th las vegas grand prix,
after qualifying behind the grid in vegas – at its pure speed for the first time f1 Career – The 40-year-old British driver started as high as 12th, but eventually finished 10th after scoring one point.
Despite the recovery campaign, Hamilton was still disappointed in the media pen after a difficult fortnight leading to his retirement. in the final round in brazil And criticism from the Ferrari president John Elkann To “Talk less and concentrate on driving.”
Asked how he felt after finishing 10th in Vegas, Hamilton said: “I feel very bad, very bad. This has been the worst season ever.
“No matter how hard I try, it just keeps getting worse. I’m trying to do everything in and out of the car.”
max verstappen won the race in vegasPole-sitter Lando Norris finished second and George Russell third. Norris, now with one 30 points lead over Oscar PiastriThis year’s F1 title can be won at the next round in Qatar.
Hamilton, who has not achieved a podium all year, was always going to face an uphill battle on Saturday night given his starting position, yet escaped trouble at the first turn despite several collisions around him.
As for his teammates Charles LeclercMonegasque finished sixth after starting in ninth place, but were also defeated later in the season.
“It’s not a good result – P6 is very disappointing,” he said. “Personally it was probably my best performance of the season, very happy, but P6 is very disappointing.
“In the straight, we were losing too much speed. I was losing too much. I surprised some of my competitors by braking at Turn 14, but when Oscar had DRS, it was very difficult for me.”
Hamilton remains sixth and Leclerc fifth in the World Championship. Mercedes teenager Kimi Antonelli, who replaced Hamilton at the Silver Arrows, now trails by just 17 points with two rounds remaining.
In qualifying at Vegas on Saturday, Hamilton was hampered on his final push lap by yellow flags in the final sector and then felt he had passed the start-finish time limit 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.
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 73 points behind the Monegasque in the drivers’ standings.