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Formula One F1 – Bahrain Grand Prix – Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir, Bahrain – March 20, 2022 Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton before the race REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed
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Formula One F1 – Bahrain Grand Prix – Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir, Bahrain – March 20, 2022 Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton before the race REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed
The 2022 season continues to surprise with every session! For the first time since Brazil 2017, 7 times world champion Lewis Hamilton was knocked out of Q1 in qualifying. The result was especially shocking as his teammate George Russell finished the Q1 session in P4 and fought amongst the leaders.
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Formula One F1 – Bahrain Grand Prix – Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir, Bahrain – March 19, 2022 Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton during qualifying. Pool via REUTERS/Giuseppe Cacace
The Mercedes driver was struggling throughout the session and could not get into his rhythm. He started the session on medium tires, but could not set a competitive time on them.
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His misery was compounded even more, as he could not extract the best out of the soft tires when he needed to.
Twitter has a field day as Lewis Hamilton is eliminated in Q1 in Saudi qualifying
Hamilton‘s elimination sent the whole motorsport world into a shock, as this is a very rare sight. The F1 fans took to Twitter to share their shock at the result and posted some hilarious memes.
It also disappointed the Mercedes AMG team with the result, and they took to social media to express their emotions.
Gutted. Lewis improves with his final lap, but it's not enough.
He is eliminated in Q1 for the first time since Brasil 2017.
— Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team (@MercedesAMGF1) March 26, 2022
” Gutted. Lewis improves with his final lap, but it’s not enough. He is eliminated in Q1 for the first time since Brasil 2017,” wrote Mercedes.
That almost seems like a car issue for Hamilton?
— Bryson Sullivan 🇺🇲 (@NaturalParadigm) March 26, 2022
Every time Latifi crashes, Hamilton has a bad day.
— Pablo Elizalde (@EliGP) March 26, 2022
Mad that Lewis was knocked out and there were TWO cars not running at the end either!
What is going on at Mercedes…
— Matt Gallagher (@MattyWTF1) March 26, 2022
Err… What on earth happened there with @LewisHamilton ?! #JeddahGP #SkyF1
— Karun Chandhok (@karunchandhok) March 26, 2022
Hamilton??? pic.twitter.com/uekruvwcUr
— Battery Voltas (@BatteryVoltas) March 26, 2022
Hamilton knocked out of Q1 #SaudiArabianGP pic.twitter.com/5DR77VcKxI
— Troll Sports (@TroIISports) March 26, 2022
Hamilton knocked out of Q1 #SaudiArabianGP pic.twitter.com/5DR77VcKxI
— Troll Sports (@TroIISports) March 26, 2022
Believe that excluding weather, crashes and mechanical issues that's Lewis Hamilton's first Q1 exit on pure pace alone since Britain 2009. #SaudiaArabiaGP
— Phillip Horton (@PHortonF1) March 26, 2022
Omg. Hamilton not in Q2.. never thought I’d see that. Madness
— MARIA (@RiaBish) March 26, 2022
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There's gotta be something tho right? Regardless of Hamilton hate/love, he's quicker than that.
— Jimmy Broadbent (@JimmyBroadbent) March 26, 2022
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It would be interesting to see how the Mercedes driver recovers in the race tomorrow. Hopefully, he will get some points for the team and has a comeback drive on Sunday.
