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

Lewis Hamilton’s last qualifying for Mercedes in Formulation 1 resulted in a disappointing Q1 exit on Saturday after a flying bollard obtained trapped beneath his automobile.

The seven-time world champion was on his last effort to place in a lap that will get him by means of to Q2 when he stumbled on a sluggish Kevin Magnussen within the Haas.

The Dane, conscious Hamilton was developing behind him within the resort part, moved off the observe 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 observe simply as Hamilton arrived.

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

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

Clearly indignant in regards to the scenario and the dearth of tempo, Hamilton got here on the workforce radio straight afterwards and stated: “That was dangerous man, Jesus”

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

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