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Lewis Hamilton F1 News: Mercedes star fumes over ‘SHOCKING’ Austrian GP weekend

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Lewis Hamilton has delivered a damning verdict on his performance during the Austrian Grand Prix weekend.

The seven-time Formula 1 champion entered the eleventh round of the season with his best performance in Barcelona, ​​where he secured a place on the podium.

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This result follows a positive performance in Montreal also, Hamilton coming close to finishing P3 before eventually coming home with a worse place.

After putting in a strong showing in Friday’s practice session at the Red Bull Ring, hopes were high that the Briton could challenge for the top of the standings again in Saturday’s sprint race, but he called his sprint qualifying disastrous and could only finish P6 in the sprint itself.

The 39-year-old man was also involved in bizarre incident during third trimesterin which he pulled a rear jack out of the Mercedes from the pits, resulting in the Brackley-based team being fined.

Lewis Hamilton was handed a five-second penalty during Sunday’s race.
Max Verstappen and Lando Norris collide in the final moments of the Austrian Grand Prix

Hamilton deplores ‘unacceptable’ performance

In Sunday’s race he was penalised five seconds after making a mistake entering the pit lane, as he finished P4.

His teammate George Russellfor his part, capitalized on a dramatic collision between Max Verstappen and Lando Norris in the final stages to take the lead, which he retained in front Oscar Piastri And Carlos Sainz.

Talk to Sky Sports After the race, Hamilton congratulated Russell on his second career victory, but was less complimentary about his own efforts.

“It’s quite shocking,” he said bluntly when asked to sum up his own weekend.

“But really happy for the team,” added the seven-time champion.

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“Everyone at the factory has worked really hard this year to achieve a result like this – big congratulations to the team and George and well deserved.”

Returning to his own performance, Hamilton continued: “It’s been pretty shitty all weekend.”

“It’s just generally slow and just unacceptable.”

The Mercedes star is hoping for a better weekend at Silverstone next time in front of his home crowd at the British Grand Prix.

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