Lewis Hamilton said he needed to apologize to his ferry team after declaring his second continuous initial qualifying elimination in Belgium’s Grand Prix as “extremely poor” and “unacceptable”.
For a seven-time world champion at the spa-franchurchimps, a suffering sprint weekend has failed to clear the first obstacle in one of the two qualifying sessions of the Hamilton event.
In Friday’s spirits qualifying, the Ferrari driver wandered at the end of his last lap in SQ1 and qualified for the 18th.
After that, after coming to the 15th in the short form of the week, Hamilton became the first obstruction in the key qualifying for Sunday’s Grand Prix-this time in his last lap violated the track limits in the upper part of the Evo Rog, his seventh-control control of the seventh race.
Hamilton was left in the 16th Grid on Sunday by the loss of his fastest lap, with 13 places behind the team’s colleague Charles Lucknow to beat Spirits Victor Max Versetapin on the second row behind the MacLarn drivers.
A frustrated Hamilton has no excuse for his discomfort, saying that Sky Sports F1 After qualifying: “From me, another mistake.
“I really have to look internally.
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Lewis Hamilton has deleted his lap time to cross the track limits, meaning he is out in Q1 in Belgium’s GP.
“I have to apologize to my team because staying out in both Q1s is just unacceptable.
“This is a very poor performance of itself.”
How did he feel with the car, who upgraded his back suspension this weekend, said: “We have made some changes [for qualifying].
“The car didn’t feel terrible. It was difficult for us as we had to keep the second set [of tyres on] To get from Q1. “
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Qualifying Highlights from Belgium’s Grand Prix in Circuit DS Spa-Franchorchamp.
Hamilton has now faced a fierce battle to score a handful of points in the 44 -leap race on Sunday, though the possibility of Sunday’s rain can help him walk in the field.
“I don’t think really a lot we can do [with the car]”Hamilton said.
“I’ll just try and start where I am and see where I can get from there.”
Hamilton on Ferrari’s 2026 Fox Shift – probably for the rest of the year ‘
Although the Lucknow was happy and surprised to qualify for the third number, the distance from McLaWlence in the qualifying was still at the tenth of a second, despite the arrival of the new back suspension of SF-25.
Hamilton has admitted that with less than six months change in the major regulation of 2026, Ferrari’s factory Fox is now based on F -1’s new era.
“We are trying to do the best with what we have,” he said. Everyone is working flat in the factory. “
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Lewis Hamilton of Ferrari in the Grand Prix of Belgium wandered out of Sprint Qualifying.
“We have upgraded, but maybe it’s for the rest of the year, then I think the focus in the factory is to focus at least next year’s car.
“This season has been a problem.”
Schedule Belgium GP Schedule of Sky Sports F1
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See some extremely dramatic moments of years in the Belgian Grand Prix
Sunday 27 July
7.25am: F3 Feature Race
8.55am: F2 Feature Race
10.40AM: Porsche Superkup Race
Night 12.30 pm: Grand Prix Sunday: Belgium GP Blood Up*
2pm: Grand Prix of Belgium*
Evening 4 pm: Checker Flag: Belgium GP reaction*
5 pm: Ted’s Notebook
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