Hamilton disaster as loose bollard helps put him out of Q1 in final Mercedes outing

Lewis Hamilton’s remaining qualifying for Mercedes in Components 1 resulted in a disappointing Q1 exit on Saturday after a flying bollard acquired trapped beneath his automotive.

The seven-time world champion was on his remaining effort to place in a lap that may get him by to Q2 when he stumbled on a gradual Kevin Magnussen within the Haas.

The Dane, conscious Hamilton was arising behind him within the lodge part, moved off the monitor and behind the kerbs to strive to not block the Mercedes.

Nonetheless, in doing so, Magnussen struck the bollard that’s on the within apex, flinging it throughout the monitor simply as Hamilton arrived.

With no time to react, Hamilton ran over the bollard and it acquired trapped beneath his automotive as he tried to complete the lap.

The aerodynamics would have been badly affected and a lacklustre remaining sector meant the Briton missed out on stepping into the highest 15 instances by lower than one tenth of a second, ending up 18th out of 20 drivers.

Clearly indignant in regards to the state of affairs and the shortage of tempo, Hamilton got here on the staff radio straight afterwards and mentioned: “That was unhealthy man, Jesus”

Mercedes boss Toto Wolff, who lowered his head in frustration at Hamilton’s Q1 exit in his remaining Mercedes occasion, concurred: “Sure Lewis. That was unhealthy.”

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