It just gets keeping worse and worse for Lewis Hamilton in 2022. The 7 time world champion failed to qualify in the top 10 for the second time this season at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix qualifying yesterday. He got the opportunity to make ground at the Sprint race today, but was almost invisible throughout the session.
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Hamilton could not make any significant opportunities throughout the Sprint race that would help his course to move up the grid. He started the session P13 and finished P14.
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Mercedes and Hamilton fans on Twitter also were not pleased with the Sprint race results. They demanded the team make changes to the car so that they are more competitive in the coming races.
maybe this zero pod concept really isn’t it…………
They call them 007 0 sidepods 0 upgrades 7 terabytes of data collected
eyes not sparkling. dead. Mercedes what are u doing
lewis starts the day in paddock with a natural sparkle in his eyes and ends up like this
Mercedes need to bring the side pods back is obvious the no side pod design isn't working
lewis will always defend mercedes of course its his family and will always be positive but at the same time his eyes dont lie about what he feels and then i realize its not just us fans losing hope
Mercedes done depleted all the positivity out of Lewis. My man is tiredt 😭😭
of course lewis is going to defend mercedes. but at some point it gets exhausting , being positive in vain, even for him…
This is literally one of the saddest days in Mercedes history. Lewis just sound so over it. They hyped that car up for failure.
Lewis Hamilton analyzes the Sprint Race performance at Imola
The Mercedes driver had another tough session as he finished P14 in the Sprint Race at Imola. Hamilton got a really bad start, which sent him tumbling down the order. He got past Lance Stroll on the track as his only overtake of the race.
“Ultimately, we haven’t got it right this year but everyone is working as hard as they can to correct it. This is the situation that we are faced with, but everyone has their heads down and everyone is working as hard as they can,” said Hamilton.
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Formula One F1 – Emilia Romagna Grand Prix – Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola, Italy – April 22, 2022, Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton before practice REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane
“We’re obviously not fighting for this championship, but we’re fighting to understand the car and progress through the year,” said the 7-time world champion.
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It is rare to see Lewis so anonymous during a race and not make any impact. He could not drag the performance out of his W13 when he needed the most. The Mercedes driver will not head into the main race with much confidence, but he needs to keep his head up. Let’s see how Hamilton performs tomorrow with similar conditions on Sunday.