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Baku Heartbreak “One of the Toughest Moments I’ve Had in a While”: Lewis Hamilton
Lewis Hamilton is used to winning every weekend, at least featuring on the podium. However, things were different this time for the seven-time world champion finished 15th in the race and didn’t score any points. Hamilton had a great opportunity due to the restart as he was second, but a costly mistake saw him fall down to the pecking order.
The Knight has admitted that this was one of the toughest moments in his career. However, he is still motivated to confident that the team will come back stronger in the next race.
Lewis Hamilton apologies to his team after Baku failure
Hamilton said, “An unfortunate day, a humbling experience and I’m so sorry for the team. We did a good job to be in the position we were in today, to be out of the top ten on Friday and come back was down to the hard work of the men and women in this team.
“When Checo came towards me after the restart, I turned the wheel and flicked a switch which shifts the brake balance and that caused me to lock up.”
“It’s one of the toughest moments I’ve had for a while – one moment we had all the points and the next we had none but for sure, we’ll regroup and come back,” Hamilton concluded.
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The Knight gives the reason for his costly mistake
When the race restarted, Hamilton was in second behind race leader, Sergio Perez. The Mercedes driver dived into turn one to take the lead but due to brake failure, he found himself in the run-off area and lost the vital position, and went down to 15th,
As quoted from Autosport, Hamilton said, “I’m not entirely sure, but I hit some sort of switch that caused only the front brakes to work. There’s a button we have to help keep the front brakes up [to temperature] and, as Perez pulled over.”
“I reacted and accidentally latched on the switch. It just locked up and I went straight on,” he concluded.
The number 44 driver will surely learn from the mistakes learned at Baku and will improve them. He will look to French Grand Prix in the coming weeks to redeem himself and bring the points needed for both championships.
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