F1 | Hamilton, out in Q1: "It's strange for me, this is the only mistake this year"

After a few minutes from the start of the Q1 of the Brazilian Grand Prix already an abandonment of excellence: Lewis HamiltonIn fact, he crashed after losing his car between turns 6 and turn 7. Hamilton will start from the back of the grid tomorrow. The stewards immediately displayed the red flag to clear the track.

This is a new situation for English, which he hadn't been out of Q1 for more than a year, since Belgium 2016: “I take full responsibility for what happened. It all happened suddenly, it's strange for me to have this kind of experience but maybe that's what makes life interesting, it's really interesting, but these things happen,” he commented to Sky Sports immediately after the accident.

Which was perhaps a little misleading Hamilton it must have been the track temperature and the humidity, although the Englishman doesn't blame the track conditions: “I wasn't surprised by the track, we expected it like this. Maybe I pushed too hard. Ultimately, though, this is it the only mistake of the year, not a bad result. It can fit“, continued the Englishman, however happy with what he has achieved in the season in terms of errors or mistakes.

Maybe there Mercedes could you change the engine? Could you use this mistake to fit something new on the car? Lewis weighs in on his team: “I haven't thought about a new engine, I don't think we need one, it would be a waste of money to get a new one, but anyway they'll do what they think is best for us. I don't think negatively, I still try to concentrate and recover for tomorrow's race,” he concluded.

Fabiola Granier