Lewis Hamilton described his qualifying performances as ‘useless’ after a Q2 exit at the Hungarian Grand Prix. The seven-time world champion also insisted that his team needs to ‘change driver’ if they’re to recover their underwhelming results in the second seat.
While Hamilton ended the qualifying session down in 12th place, his team-mate roared to his first pole position at the Hungaroring, and the 27th of his career. Charles Leclerc never looked like a factor at the circuit he described as his worst in Formula One on Thursday, but popped up at the last minute to stun the McLaren drivers. While Leclerc was overwhelmed by joy and positive surprise, Hamilton cut a distraught figure in the media pen. “It’s me every time,” he sighed. “I’m useless, absolutely useless.”
Probed over the cause of his struggles, he made no effort to deflect attention from the gap between the two cars. “Team’s not the problem,” he continued. “[You] can see the other car on pole. Team probably needs to change driver.”
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