Having certified solely ninth on the grid for Sunday’s Bahrain Grand Prix, seven-time F1 champion Lewis Hamilton has apologized to Ferrari for having did not safe a extra encouraging beginning place.
Regardless of a complete improve launched by Ferrari for this weekend’s Sakhir spherical, Lewis Hamilton may solely qualify for ninth for Ferrari in Bahrain on Saturday.
The seven-time F1 champion mentioned he was “actually sorry” to his Ferrari workforce on workforce radio, suggesting that he has did not do a “ok job.”
“I haven’t got loads of solutions for you guys, simply wasn’t fast at present. I am simply not doing a ok job on my aspect so I’ve bought to maintain bettering. It is positively not feeling for certain.”
Elaborating on his points, Hamilton mentioned that he made adjustments to his SF25 after the follow session on Friday, however he instantly felt within the third and remaining follow that these modifications weren’t the right ones.
The Briton then went on to use additional tweaks to his automobile for qualifying, however his SF25 did nonetheless not behave as he would have appreciated.
“It wasn’t the day I hoped for. The adjustments made in a single day set us again in FP3, and whereas we utilized additional setup changes forward of qualifying it simply didn’t come collectively and I additionally didn’t discover the efficiency window I wanted.
“Credit score to Charles, who did an excellent job on the market. On a optimistic observe, the race tempo appeared promising yesterday, and with an extended race forward, there’s nonetheless a chance to make progress. We’ll analyse the learnings in a single day and are available again stronger. A giant thanks to the workforce for his or her continued efforts — we’ll hold pushing,” famous Hamilton.
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