Lewis Hamilton described his exit from the primary a part of qualifying for the Belgian Grand Prix as unacceptable, and apologized to Ferrari after having his quick lap deleted for exceeding observe limits.
On his remaining lap of Q1, Hamilton was within the drop zone however improved to seventh place and regarded set to progress comfortably, till his time was deleted for not preserving a wheel in touch with the observe cresting the highest of Raidillon. The incident regarded extraordinarily tight however Hamilton was eradicated, and took duty for what was his second Q1 exit of the weekend.
“Not significantly [more comfortable], I used to be the identical as I used to be final weekend,” Hamilton advised Sky Sports activities. “We made some adjustments, the automotive did not really feel horrible … it was even powerful for us we needed to put a second set on simply to get by Q1 so not nice after which from my aspect one other mistake.
“I’ve received to look internally and apologize to the staff as a result of it is unacceptable to be out in Q1, it is [a] very, very poor efficiency.”
Hamilton discovered the outcome significantly troublesome to take given how a lot work Ferrari has put in lately, with a brand new rear suspension being examined at Mugello final week and launched at Spa-Francorchamps.
“Simply actually sorry to the staff, we’re doing all of the onerous work, all of the testing and filming day that we did, all of the preparation,” he stated. “It’s extremely painful [to be eliminated in Q1]. It’s turning out to be a fairly dangerous weekend to date.
“Something can occur right here. I imply, I don’t know. I’ve no clue about tomorrow. It’s going to be onerous from the place I’m [16th]. Undoubtedly a weekend to neglect.”
Hamilton additionally doesn’t anticipate any additional progress from Ferrari this season, with the most recent upgrades marking the purpose at which full consideration turns to the 2026 laws.
“There’s an enormous ton of funding in what we’ve got and clearly everyone seems to be working flat out again on the manufacturing unit. We have now had upgrades however I feel that is in all probability it for the remainder of the yr,” he stated. “And I feel the main target now – again on the manufacturing unit at the least – is on subsequent yr’s automotive.”
