2 weeks Ago By The Independent
was left frustrated after another F1 setback as the Mercedes driver for the Grand Prix. The Briton failed to hide his emotions after Q3, which included a costly spin on the penultimate corner, ensuring teammate has now bettered him in qualifying 15 times out of 20. And Hamilton, who will join for the 2025 season, cut a dejected figure following what he described as a “drastic” regression in performance .
“I’m losing all the time, that’s why I’ve been so bad in qualifying all year, it’s a normal thing, I’m used to it,” Hamilton told Sky Sports. “It doesn’t feel like it [gives me potential], we’ve done everything, we’ve worked so hard in the background, like everybody does, to get the car in a nice place, it was feeling good in P3, let’s not touch anything, all we changed was just the rear wing. “It’s a drastic difference, every time I get to qualifying the car is completely different, I can’t pinpoint why, it is what it is, I hope I can strike a balance tomorrow.
There’s so much to play for tomorrow, I’ll try and do a good job.” secured pole position in Mexico City, with edging out title rival to join the Spaniard on the front row. And the driver maintained he was happy with his performance with his hopes resting on superior race pace to cut the gap to the star in the title race.
Norris said: “I am happy with third. Carlos and Max did good laps. “There are question marks (over race pace) for all of us.
Ferrari have been very strong in race pace over the last couple of races. It is going to be tough, but we are in a good position so looking forward to it.”.
