Lewis Hamilton reveals faulty component that ruined his Qualifying after P9 finish at Azerbaijan GP

Lewis Hamilton asserted that a component on his car led to his struggles during Qualifying at the Azerbaijan GP.

Lewis Hamilton reveals faulty component that ruined his Qualifying after P9 finish at Azerbaijan GP

Lewis Hamilton (Via: Imago)

Lewis Hamilton had an underwhelming weekend in Baku. The seven-time world champion could not get to the front of the field after a disastrous Qualifying. Now, Hamilton highlighted the reason behind his woeful one-lap pace after he finished the race in ninth place.

On Saturday, the Briton was unhappy to see his trend of poor Qualifying sessions continue in Azerbaijan. Lewis Hamilton claimed that he had a good car in Friday practice. Although, the team made some minor tweaks to the car before Saturday.

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We had a great car on Friday. We made the tiniest changes into Saturday.
Lewis Hamilton said, as reported by Crash.net

Subsequently, Hamilton claimed that a certain part of the car was not built correctly. This in turn ruined the Briton’s Qualifying with Mercedes opting to start his race from the pitlane after changes in his powertrain.

One of the components wasn’t correctly built. That led us the wrong way then on Saturday.
Lewis Hamilton stated

Lewis Hamilton claims he ‘knew’ Azerbaijan GP was going to be tough

Hamilton could only grab two points from Azerbaijan courtesy of a last-minute crash between Sergio Perez and Carlos Sainz. The seven-time world champion claimed that the poor Qualifying result made it the best race to get a new power unit. As such, Lewis Hamilton admitted that he was aware of how difficult the race was going to be.

Lewis Hamilton and George Russell
Lewis Hamilton and George Russell (via IMAGO)
We didn’t find out until the end of the day. This race was the best race they said at least to make the change. We needed one engine as I lost one earlier. We knew it was going to be a tough day.
Lewis Hamilton explained

Nevertheless, Lewis Hamilton would be looking to shift focus onto the remaining seven races. The Mercedes driver wants to end his decade-long journey on a high as he moves to Ferrari next season. However, it remains to be seen how things pan out for Hamilton in the coming weeks.