Formula 1, Hamilton: ‘Pole among the worst, it was an absurd day in Sochi’



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Lewis Hamilton literally survived an “absurd” day, as he put it at the end of qualifying, which saw him reach pole 96 of his career. Having narrowly qualified for Q3, he was placed under investigation and acquitted by the commissioners. About the race the world champion says: “It will be difficult, I start with the wrong tires.” The GP is live on Sunday at 1:10 p.m. on Sky Sport F1 (channel 207) and Sky Sport Uno (channel 201)

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A Saturday of ordinary madness for Lewis hamilton, which closes as almost always, or with the number 44 of Mercedes celebrating the pole position, 96 of his career and the fifth in a row. To shoot in front of everyone in the Russian GP, however, the six-time world champion had to fight. First a time taken away for running off the track, then the red flag that forced him into a chase (complete with overtaking outside the unwritten rules to the detriment of a couple of cars) of the fastest lap in Q2, crossing the finish line with only 1 ” before the checkered flag, when it was practically eliminated. Having saved himself, Hamilton broke pole for more than half a second against Bottas, but that’s not all. Because the English got seight commissioners investigation for not respecting the ‘poles’ during an exit from the track. the happy ending He arrived late in the afternoon, with the acquittal and the post confirmed.

“One of the worst sessions of my career”

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“ME’ one of the worst and most absurd sessions of my career Hamilton said immediately after qualifying. I was with my heart in my mouth until the end. They took time away from me, I wanted to stay out but from the garage they told me to put on new tires again and go out. Red flag. Also, I will not have the “correct” tires. It’s good to be on pole, but this is perhaps the worst circuit to be thereespecially after this year’s cars. It will be easy to overtake you at the beginning due to the difference in tires and it will be difficult to win the race. I will try to stay optimistic and figure out how to move on. We will try to start well before anything else ”.

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