Lewis Hamilton Makes Big Confession over ‘Another Mistake’ at Belgian gp qualifying

Lewis Hamilton acknowledged his struggles in qualifying at the Belgian Grand Prix, which led to his unexpected elimination in Q1.

Lewis Hamilton Makes Big Confession over ‘Another Mistake’ at Belgian gp qualifying

Lewis Hamilton (via Planetf1)

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Lewis Hamilton‘s performance since the beginning of the Belgian GP weekend has been nothing short of a disappointment. Ferrari brought in multiple upgrades to the car and hoped that Hamilton could perform better now. However, the 40-year-old has been unable to achieve any significant results in either the sprint race or the qualifying. Hamilton suffered from a Q1 elimination and will start the main race in P16 after his final lap time was deleted due to track limits.

Lewis Hamilton has been vocal about the streak of poor performances that he put forth over the Belgian GP weekend. Hamilton was eliminated from the SQ1 session for the sprint race as he finished in just P16 ultimately. Because of such poor results, the 40-year-old was distraught and unexcited about his chances for the main race. Come the main qualifying for the Belgian GP, the seven-time champion couldn’t steer clear of the Q1 session.

Speaking on the massive blunder that cost him his fast lap of the Q1 session, Lewis Hamilton accepted his mistake and made no excuses. The 40-year-old recalled his performance in the sprint race and emphasized that overtaking was very difficult over the Spa-Francorchamps circuit. As such, Hamilton acknowledged that he would give it his all to move up the pecking order and finish in points.

Ultimately, it’s another mistake for me. I went wide so… I think already this morning showed that it’s very hard to overtake here so I think getting into the points will be [tomorrow] is not impossible, but will be tough.

Lewis Hamilton said in a post-qualifying interview

Even during Sprint Qualifying, Lewis Hamilton committed a never-seen-before mistake and locked out his rears, sending him spinning in the final turn. Now, a track-limit violation on Turn 4 of the circuit deleted his lap time as he accepted that he had made his life hard. The seven-time champion showcased class and apologized to the Ferrari crew to end the Qualifying session on such a disappointing note.

I definitely made my life a little bit hard but it is what it is. My apologies to the team.

Lewis Hamilton added

Lewis Hamilton labels Belgian GP ‘a weekend to forget’

McLaren remained the team to beat leading up to the main race of the Belgian GP, as Lewis Hamilton’s pace in the Ferrari challenger seemed nowhere near the top, even in the laps that he finished. As such, the 40-year-old has no chance to fight against the front of the pack for a good enough finish. Now, Hamilton pinpoints that he would like to forget the entire Belgian weekend and put it in the past.

Lewis Hamilton (via Getty)
Lewis Hamilton (via Getty)

Lewis Hamilton asserted that it is incredibly painful to be eliminated in the Q1 session itself. The 40-year-old reckoned that the entire weekend turned out to be pretty bad. Hamilton still has some hopes left for the main race as he made an ‘anything can happen’ remark on the main race. Still, the seven-time champion accepted that the weekend was worthy of being forgotten.

It’s incredibly painful [to be eliminated in Q1]. It’s turning out to be a pretty bad weekend so far. Anything can happen here. I mean, I don’t know. I have no clue about tomorrow. It’s going to be hard from where I am. Definitely a weekend to forget.

Lewis Hamilton noted

Charles Leclerc, on the other hand, has performed significantly better than Lewis Hamilton as he achieved a P3 start for the main race. The Monegasque seems to handle the quirks of the SF-25 challenger much better than the seven-time champion. As such, Hamilton will hope to learn to perform better with the equipment available to him at hand in the latter half of the 2025 season.

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