Lewis Hamilton apologizes

Two games in a row, george russell and lewis hamilton They met again on the railroad tracks.in Japan, their fight cost George Russell quite a bit of time and sparks flew between them. However, in Qatar, both drivers lost their chance of a podium in this race. The seven-time champion started in third place, with Russell in second place.

Hamilton uses soft tires and different strategy russellhe tried to pass his partner outside georgeIt was right next to. Verstappen. He saw himself in the middle of the sandwich. I can’t go to the right or left. Lewis’ measurements were wrong. He overtook George, but hit his partner’s left front wheel with his right rear wheel. Result: Hamilton drove into the gravel and withdrew, but Russell had to stop in the pits to repair his car and was able to stay in the race and recover to fourth place.

“My teammates kicked me out.” Hamilton said angrily over the radio. “Come on, guys. Two races in a row…oh my god,” Russell commented. His comments in the heat of the moment highlight the tensions that can exist in the box since what happened in Japan, no matter how much both drivers downplayed what happened at the end of the Japanese event. It says a lot about.

Hamilton reacts and intones, “That’s terrible.”

However, Lewis Hamilton saw what happened in Turn 1 and immediately reacted to take full responsibility for what was declared a race incident.

“In the heat of the moment, I felt the impact on my back, so I was obviously frustrated. But I don’t think George had anywhere else to go. I think the timing just happened to be bad.I would be happy if you could give me thisThat’s my role, so I take responsibility. “I don’t think it’s George’s fault.”Hamilton commented on his teammate, who went to personally apologize amid the Mercedes hospitality, shaking hands with George in a gesture of good sportsmanship.

“I couldn’t do anything. I was in a sandwich.”said George Russell.

Hamilton: “I felt very sad”

“Before the race we knew we had different tires and talked about working together. It wasn’t our plan to crash. It’s really heartbreaking for the team. “We all worked so hard to get into that position, and it made me so sad for everyone that I was in this position.”Lewis lamented in a statement to the international press.

“I was on a soft tire, but everyone around me was on a medium tire, so I needed to get to the front. So I tried to go on the outside of Max,” he revealed. emphasized.get annoyed“That caused him to collide with his partner.