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F1: Hamilton Says He Is ‘Definitely Not Fast Any More’

by Leadership News
10 months ago
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Lewis Hamilton has said he is “definitely not fast any more” after another disappointing qualifying performance in his final season at Mercedes.

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Hamilton’s comments came after he qualified seventh for the sprint race at the Qatar Grand Prix.
The seven-time champion, who is joining Ferrari next season, was 0.399 seconds slower than team-mate George Russell, who will start the sprint race second behind McLaren’s Lando Norris.
Hamilton said: “Same as every other qualifying – not that great.

“I’m just slow. Same every weekend. Car felt relatively decent. You know, no issues. Not really much more to say.”

Hamilton is the all-time record holder for pole positions in F1, with 104. The next closest is fellow seven-time champion Michael Schumacher on 68.

But after being closely matched in qualifying with Russell over their previous two seasons together, Hamilton has out-qualified his team-mate only six times across all competitive qualifying sessions in 22 races, including six sprint events.

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Their comparison is 5-17 in qualifying sessions not including those for sprint races.

Russell’s average advantage over the season is 0.16secs a lap.

Until partnering Russell, Hamilton had never previously been out-qualified by his team-mate over their time together.

When it was put to him that the problem could not be him, Hamilton said: “Who knows? I’m definitely not fast anymore.”

Friday’s qualifying session set the grid for the sprint race in Qatar, which starts at 14:00 UK time on Saturday. There is a further qualifying session later that day to set the grid for the grand prix.

Hamilton said: “When you are always back where I am it makes it almost impossible to compete for wins from there. But that’s the sprint. I’ll do what I can tomorrow.”

Asked whether there were any positives, Hamilton said: “Not particularly. The positive is the car is fast and George should be able to shoot for pole tomorrow.”

Hamilton’s team-mate at Ferrari will be Charles Leclerc, who is regarded by many in F1 as the fastest driver over one lap in the sport.

 

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