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Hamilton Frustrated After Late Ferrari Qualifying Strategy Change: ‘I Towed Charles the Whole Time’
Hamilton said Ferrari changed the Q3 plan and left him without a slipstream, costing him pace as George Russell took pole by 0.837 seconds.
- On Friday in Baku, seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton qualified sixth for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, finishing over 1.3 seconds behind Mercedes pole-sitter George Russell.
- Ferrari's decision to shift from two Q3 runs to a single attempt left Hamilton without a slipstream, as he found himself ahead of teammate Charles Leclerc during the session.
- Hamilton cited difficulties extracting performance from his tires throughout qualifying. "It's been a pretty bad qualifying once again," he told Sky Sports F1, unable to match Mercedes' pace on the straights.
- While Leclerc secured second place, Hamilton suggested Ferrari may have dropped to the third-fastest car on the grid after Red Bull found speed on Friday.
- Overtaking Mercedes on Saturday will be "hard," Hamilton said, as he prepares to fight from the third row despite believing the straight-line speed gap will be tough to overcome.
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Scuderia Ferrari’s Lewis Hamilton had to settle for qualifying P6 for the 2026 F1 Azerbaijan GP. Hamilton was unable to get a tow on the long final straight, which, by his figuring, was at least the 0.498 second difference between him and Charles Leclerc in 2nd. In FP3, he had a monster tow from three...
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