Lewis Hamilton Makes Casino Joke After Ferrari Tyre Disaster at F1 Bahrain GP in Malaysia
Hamilton fell to 18th after a tyre gamble but recovered as the track dried and safety cars helped him secure third.
- On Oct 4, Lewis Hamilton finished third at the Bahrain Grand Prix in Malaysia after a chaotic, rain-hit race, fighting back from 18th place on the grid.
- Opting for slicks on a drying track, Hamilton ignored Ferrari's call to pit, causing him to tumble backward as the gamble backfired and he told reporters, "My race is really in trouble."
- As the track dried and safety cars deployed, Hamilton began a recovery drive, chasing Isack Hadjar for fourth place before George Russell's retirement opened a path to the podium.
- Hamilton finished behind race winner Max Verstappen and Kimi Antonelli, while Charles Leclerc salvaged fourth for Ferrari, conceding that Red Bull and Mercedes were simply faster.
- Despite the podium, Hamilton expressed mixed emotions, noting he struggled with the car and plans to investigate performance issues that emerged during the difficult qualifying session.
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Lewis Hamilton spoke of “mixed emotions” after a chaotic Bahrain Grand Prix in Malaysia where a late tyre gamble left him 18th on the drying track, to recover to third at the end of the race.
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By Rohith Nair Lewis Hamilton said he had mixed emotions after the Bahrain Grand Prix in Malaysia where he started second on the grid but dropped to 18th when a tyre gamble went wrong before fighting to finish third in a chaotic, rain-hit race on Sunday. After rain delayed the start of the race by […]
When Lewis Hamilton saw himself in 18th to 1 minute and 22 seconds of Bahrain's GP leader at the time, Kimi Antonelli on the eighth round of the race, even the heptachamp could not imagine that he would be on the podium of the contested race.
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