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Hamilton Frustrated After Late Ferrari Qualifying Strategy Change: ‘I Towed Charles the Whole Time’
Hamilton said Ferrari changed the Q3 plan and left him without a slipstream, costing him pace as George Russell took pole by 0.837 seconds.
- On Friday in Baku, seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton qualified sixth for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, finishing over 1.3 seconds behind Mercedes pole-sitter George Russell.
- Ferrari's decision to shift from two Q3 runs to a single attempt left Hamilton without a slipstream, as he found himself ahead of teammate Charles Leclerc during the session.
- Hamilton also cited difficulties extracting performance from his tires and lamented, "It's been a pretty bad qualifying once again," after struggling against the faster Mercedes.
- While Leclerc secured second place, Hamilton admitted he does not believe Ferrari possesses the second-fastest machinery, suggesting the team may have dropped to third-fastest on the grid.
- Overtaking the dominant Mercedes on Saturday will be "hard," Hamilton said, as he prepares for the race from sixth on the grid.
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