Hamilton promises to drive as if his life depended on it after the qualifying dramas

It's also a blow for Mercedes in his home run, while Hamilton stopped.

Toto Wolff, boss of the team, telephoned the pit wall during the session, later explaining: [Mercedes-Benz chief executive] Dieter Zetsche calls me and tells me that he's incredible, what just happened. "

" Gears will not change, "Hamilton had announced on the team's radio." Guys, I need to come back, "he added.

" Stop, stop , stop, stop, "Mercedes told him urgently.

Hamilton ran to the corner of the opening and crossed the curbs, but he was

"The Hypothesis what people did was that the bumps … were the cause of failure, which was not the case, "he told reporters

. the output curve, the power steering failed … I thought I had a tire failure or a rolling bar. "

Wolff agreed: "It is always difficult to define the cause and the consequences. in the previous round, running wide but completely within the limits of what you can do, seen some overload, "he said.On the next turn, crossing the curbs, a hydraulic leak caused a breakdown And that power steering failure made this spectacular spectacular on the curbs … Certainly it was not Lewis driving. "

The shot was the last of several Hamilton's suffered this season.

He retired in Austria with fuel pressure In England two weekends ago, in front of his fans, Hamilton went from pole position to last place after being mixed with Kimi Raikkonen from Ferrari. The Briton also lost points as a result of Mercedes' strategy mistakes, and in Bahrain, he was bumped by a five-seater penalty for an unexpected gearbox change.

Reuters