Lewis Hamilton

The seven-time world champion finished 13th in the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix, nine places behind team-mate George Russell.

It is the low of the car performance. But in the same car, Russell was fourth. “I know this is undrivable.” Verstappen’s win – his second of the season – has breathed new life into this year’s championship battle. Hamilton elected to stop too late. Sergio Perez was second as Red Bull secured their first one-two finish in six years, while Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc came home sixth after he spun from third with just nine laps to run.

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“We are not worthy of a world champion, we just need to fix the car.” Only time will tell how the sport’s reigning constructor’s champions will manage to stay afloat in the ever-competitive midfield of this racing series. “We are not good enough for a world champion,” he explained. Max Verstappen ended the 2021 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix on top of the world. Hamilton soldiered on but could do no better than 13th by race’s end. However, Russell has outpaced Hamilton in every round since.

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“You see the bouncing on the main straight, I wonder how the two of them can even keep the car on the track at times,” said Wolff. “I think the fundamental issue which overshadows anything is our car is porpoising more than others. “I am out of the championship, for sure, there’s no question about that,” said Hamilton after the race. It was in stark contrast to George Russell’s excellent performance. It’s just going to take longer, it’s going to take a painful year. As did that car, we fixed it eventually and got back in the fight, or in the game. He finished fifth in the standings that year.

The Brit was already handicapped by having to start from 14th but after gaining three places in the early round of the race, dropped back to his original ...

We just need to understand more and bring development to the car and fix the bouncing.' 'We are going to look at things for Miami, we can make a step in the understanding of the car. This was a terrible race.'

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The race featured a stirring late battle between Mercedes newcomer George Russell and Valtteri Bottas, the driver he replaced. But LeClerc couldn't get the jump on Verstappen at the start and never contended. Charles LeClerc came into Sunday as the championship leader with two wins in the first three races and Carlos

Lewis Hamilton has declared his 2022 Formula 1 title bid is over while team boss Toto Wolff has called his 'undrivable' Mercedes 'not worthy'

Free Bets are paid as Bet Credits and are available for use upon settlement of qualifying bets. Min odds, bet and payment method exclusions apply. Bet £10 & Get £50 in Free Bets for new customers at bet365. “I think we’re both really struggling in certain conditions and when the car is far from optimal it is damage limitation and then we’re very close together on the grid on Saturday, and I made a really good start, right place, right time, and ultimately that was the difference today.” “We’re going to look at things for Miami, I think we can make a step in the understanding of the car and it’s another day, we just need to really understand, creep up, bring development onto the car which will fix the bouncing.” “We saw with George where the car can drive if you’re in free air but we are not good enough for a world champion, not worthy for a world champion and we just need to fix the car.

Verstappen embarrassed his rival Hamilton on the way to victory in the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix, with Charles Leclerc unable to compete with the Red Bulls.

The delighted Yuki Tsunoda was joined in the points by Kevin Magnussen and both Aston Martin drivers, as Sebastian Vettel and Lance Stroll scored their first points of the year. The Briton's frustration was compounded by the trouble he was having moving past Pierre Gasly. DRS had been activated by this point, but Gasly was also within a second of Albon in front of him so Hamilton was getting no speed advantage. His change was the catalyst for everyone else to follow suit and put on the mediums, with the McLaren man benefitting from being the first as his warmer rubber saw him setting the fastest lap times. He also took advantage of the safety car to change his damaged tyres to a fresh pair of intermediates with the track still damp in places. After Verstappen's poor start in Saturday's sprint race, it was Leclerc's turn to be sluggish off the line as he slipped back to fourth, Perez and Lando Norris taking advantage. Ferrari also suffered a disaster as the thousands of Tifosi who turned out to cheer them on were forced to watch a horror show.

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The Spaniard’s red machine was beached and his afternoon was over on the opening lap, just as in Melbourne a fortnight ago. A fast-starting Russell moved up three spots to eighth and then took advantage of the Sainz-Ricciardo accident to take sixth. To be beaten by one Red Bull and one Ferrari is much better than we were expecting, always." But when Hamilton elected to stop, it was too late. “As a team we did very well and this one-two finish is well deserved. We just really need to understand more and creep up."

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“But I expect him to come back so strong. “I just wasn’t fast enough to overtake and I don’t really know why. “I think it’s just how things fall out sometimes in a race weekend. There’s no one that’s giving up and everyone’s just trying to move it forward as fast as they can.” “It’s definitely not easy and we all feel it as a team. “I am sorry for what you had to drive today.

LEWIS HAMILTON had a miserable afternoon in Imola finishing 13th in the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix.

His team-mate George Russell fared slightly better as he jumped from 11th to fifth in the opening stages. We just need to fix the car. When the DRS was activated, Hamilton was stuck behind a train of cars despite his attempts to pass Pierre Gasly and work his way through the pack.

The seven-time world champion finished 13th in the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix, nine places behind team-mate George Russell.

It is the low of the car performance. It is all bad. But in the same car, Russell was fourth. “I know this is undrivable.” Verstappen’s win – his second of the season – has breathed new life into this year’s championship battle. Hamilton elected to stop too late.

The world champion dominated at Imola, leading all 63 laps to take his second win from four races this season for Red Bull and securing a one-two finish for ...

Also the way we handled the race, we didn't really make any mistakes. Verstappen won his second race of the season at Imola to get his season back on track Verstappen took full advantage of his bitter title rival from last season and his struggles at Imola by overtaking him late in the race to go a whole lap clear of the Brit.

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We have seen that reaping the results for George, who did an outstanding race - perfect start and then handling a car that wasn't tuned optimally. As Hamilton’s woes continued, George Russell was able to bring the car home in P4. Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff praised his drivers for their efforts on another challenging weekend, but stressed improvements must be made. The Brit was unable to extract any serious pace from his car and spent what felt like an eternity trying to pass Pierre Gasly, ultimately unsuccessfully.

Lewis Hamilton has said his 2022 title hopes are over, after he posted a disappointing 13th-placed finish at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix on Sunday.

He attributed Mercedes' poor performance on Sunday to porpoising, saying, "Because of the bouncing, we are not able to run it where it should run. But it's just what we have to do get the fastest lap times out of the car." "Sorry for what you have had to drive today. "I'm out of the championship, for sure," Hamilton said post-race. "The bouncing really takes your breath away. "At least, George got some points for the team today.

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"That's a very important sign for George to get going right in the beginning in this relationship because it sets precedent. Especially in the engineering room where Lewis is going to be pushing harder and harder, so it will be interesting to see how it unfolds." "[Hamilton and Russell] are not on that at the moment, it's much more easy going I think. With George performing so well, that could be the biggest motivator for Lewis to just keep going and keep fighting." "Of course there were some very difficult situations but everything culminated in winning the championship. "It is a long season but they're nowhere with that car; they're not even going to be able to fight for race wins any time soon. But Rosberg believes he twisting the truth to protect his star driver, given team-mate Russell finished fourth and nine places higher in the same car. "The tension's rising, and that's natural, and Lewis will obviously start to show those emotions a little bit. "Let's not forget also, Lewis hates ending up behind his team-mate. Lifting him up and saying that it wasn't Lewis' doing, it's on us. "You can see how the tension is rising. Hamilton was understandably frustrated after Sunday's race, where he reiterated his championship hopes were over.

Wolff and Hamilton were seen in a heated exchange after a disappointing qualifying session on Friday.

the tension is going to build internally.” “It just shows the stress is starting to get to them within there, because rather than going forward at the moment they are actually going backwards. Maybe Toto was angry about that.