News Details

Q3 battery issue compromises Hamilton’s charge

Lewis Hamilton says a problem with charging his Mercedes battery pack during Q3 meant he was out of sync with his original qualifying run plan but believes the gap to pole-sitter Valtteri Bottas was purely down to the Finn’s performance. Hamilton had to settle for second place in qualifying for the third race in a row as Bottas completed a hat-trick of consecutive pole positions following on from China and Azerbaijan. The reigning F1 world champion was beaten by the Finn by an eye-catching 0.634s in Q3 at Circuit de Catalunya which led to Hamilton revealing a battery charge issue which disrupted his rhythm. “The last couple of laps in Q3 in particular just weren’t strong and I had to...
Full Story »
6y ago from Crash.net 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

P3: Hamilton fastest, Bottas spins

Lewis Hamilton continued Mercedes' Spanish GP charge in final practice as...
6y ago from SkySports.com

Kevin Magnussen: Understanding tyres more important...

Kevin Magnussen says he wants Haas to understand its current tyre...
6y ago from MotorsportWeek.com

Claire Williams: We’ll never give up on a season

Claire Williams has insisted that Williams will not stop pushing to...
6y ago from MotorsportWeek.com

Gearbox issue overshadows W Series

Two of the leading racers in the W Series, Jamie Chadwick and Alice Powell...
6y ago from GPBlog.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Guenther Steiner: MotoGP riders ‘need to be of a...

Tech3 KTM CEO Guenther Steiner has continued to share his admiration for...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Andretti confirmed to field just three cars for Indy...

Andretti Global has confirmed that the team will only run three cars in...

Toby Sowery joins AJ Foyt Racing in IndyCar reserve...

AJ Foyt Racing has appointed Toby Sowery as the team’s reserve driver...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Lancia wins again after 33-year absence

No description available...
9h ago from Motorsport.com

Thierry Neuville crashes out of Croatia lead in final...

A dramatic WRC Rally Croatia kept the biggest shock for the Wolf Power...
18h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Man United and Arsenal told how they can make Sandro...

Newcastle United are reportedly prepared to listen to offers for Sandro...
1h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Sources: Arsenal and Chelsea seriously interested in...

Newcastle United’s promising left-back Lewis Hall is attracting interest...
2h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Gary Neville predicts who will win Premier League...

Gary Neville has stuck to his guns with his prediction of this season's...
1h ago from SportsKeeda.com

“It will really be traumatic” - Gary Neville warns...

Manchester United legend Gary Neville has said that Arsenal cannot...
2h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.