Lewis Hamilton: World champion Lewis Hamilton on Friday dominated qualifying at the Brazil Grand Prix but then found himself facing demotion to the back of the grid for Saturday‘s sprint race after Mercedes were placed under investigation for a potential breach of technical rules.
World champion Lewis Hamilton dominated qualifying at the Brazilian Grand Prix on Friday, but was relegated to the rear of the grid for Saturday‘s sprint race after Mercedes was investigated for a possible technical rule violation.
Lewis Hamilton, the seven-time world champion who trails. Verstappen by 19 points in the championship, had already received a five-place grid penalty for. Sunday’s main event after his Mercedes engine was replaced.
“I’m overjoyed to have returned to Brazil. Thank you so much to everyone on the team; they’ve been working nonstop.
“It’s been so long — it’s like the first time,” the. 36-year-old said, adding that he hadn’t posted the quickest qualifying time since August in Hungary.
“I don’t know how we can go from one track where they are half a second faster to this,” he told. Sky Sports, referring to Verstappen’s recent victories in the United States and Mexico.
The fastest time was 1min 07.934sec, four tenths faster than his Dutch opponent.
“When they take a new engine naturally they have a. Bit more power for the weekend, so for me it’s not a big shock,” remarked Verstappen.
His latest five-place sanction, however, will not apply in Saturday’s sprint.
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