Lewis Hamilton said his Mercedes F1 car was a "nightmare" in qualifying as he exited in Q1.
The seven-time world champion had a terrible day at a track he usually excels at and could only set a time good enough for 19th, marking his worst-ever qualifying performance at COTA.Get the latest F1 news, exclusives, interviews and promotions from the paddock direct to your inboxHamilton locked up under braking and went deep at Turn 12, a mistake which cost him half a second, and led to his worst qualifying result of the 2024 campaign.
“In the sprint, we had some sort of failure from the formation lap on the front suspension and had that throughout the sprint race,” he explained. Hamilton is due to start 18th with RB’s Liam Lawson set to serve a back of the grid penalty for taking on a complete new power unit.
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