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Heartbroken after the Brazilian GP, Lewis Hamilton said he can no longer wait for his very poor season with Mercedes since the end of August to end – ahead of his move to Italy for Scuderia Ferrari in early January .
Last Sunday (3/11) in Interlagos, the seven-time world champion failed to qualify with the Mercedes W15 in the starting ten, as he was eliminated in Q2 of qualifying, while in the race he finished at the bottom of the ten, 50 seconds behind the winner Max Verstappen.
Although in rainy conditions – such as those prevailing in Sao Paulo – Hamilton has performed exceptionally well in the past, this time he finished well behind his Mercedes counterpart George Russell, who managed to overtake him in the World Championship standings.
So, despite his triumphant win at Silverstone earlier this year, and victory in Belgium reaped by George Russell’s disqualification, it looks like Lewis’ 12-year stint at Mercedes will not have the happy ending he had hoped for – before he opens his new chapter , with Ferrari, in 2025.
“THE match was crap. Saturday was bad, today was bad. Yesterday was bad, qualifying was bad, the sprint race was bad. The car was just bad all weekend.” said Hamilton after the eventful three days in Brazil.
“I just focus elsewhere. Not fight for the championship. It doesn’t really matter where we finish in the league. I don’t care if I finish in front or behind George (Russell). It makes no difference to me.
I just want to keep the car away from the wall and try to get some points for the team if I can finish, whatever. If they give me a car that doesn’t will show bounces in the next matches, maybe we will succeed some betteraresults. But yes, I’m looking forward to Christmas.”
When asked to determine whether the problem with the bounces, which caused him severe back pain all week in Brazil, was due to the car’s low ride height or the uneven track surface, he replied:“In both, but especially in the car, something is wrong.
It is devastating to have such bad games in the second half of the season. All I can say is that we try, we come every weekend. But this is definitely not acceptable. It is definitely not good enough and we have to take responsibility. I have to take responsibility, but I do the best with what I have.
The car was the worst this weekend and I don’t know what’s to blame. We’ll have to find out exactly what’s going on. This is the million dollar question. If you can find it, I’ll give you a million dollars!”concluded, after a related question, Lewis Hamilton.
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