Speaking to the media after the session, the Mercedes boss was rather dejected as he termed the qualifying session his worst in a decade. He said:
The Mercedes boss admitted that scoring pole position in the last race and then being almost 2 secs back is not acceptable. He said:
Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton reflects on a poor qualifying session for the team
Lewis Hamilton qualified in P7 on Saturday but the bigger worry was the gap that he had to the front of the grid. The Mercedes driver found himself 1.8 seconds down on Max Verstappen and the disbelief in his voice said it all after the session. Speaking to the media after the session, he said:
Lewis Hamilton also questioned the fundamentals of the car and felt that was a limiting factor in all of this as well. He said:
Starting the race in P4, Hamilton will be hoping to at least score a podium in the race.
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