Hamilton hit by bad luck again

Lewis Hamilton will once again have to complete a comeback race. The pilot Mercedes was again the victim of a breakdown in his energy recovery system at the end of Q2 of the Russian Grand Prix in Sochi where he won in 2015. The Briton should start from tenth place while his teammate Nico Rosberg will start on pole.

“I came out during the second qualifying session to get my bearings and I had the same loss of power as in China”, explained the three-time world champion. “I’ll just have to catch up tomorrow.” I can't do anything, but I won't give up. »

Toto wolff, the executive director of Mercedes Motorsport, is also taken aback by this recurrence of problems on the Briton's W07 Hybrid.

“It’s a very bizarre situation. It appears to be the same outage as in Shanghai, which means we need to analyze the causes of this outage again.", commented the Austrian on Sky Sports.

“It’s racing and these things can happen. It seems that all the misfortunes fall on one side of the garage. I hope Lewis doesn't get a penalty. We have to see with the FIA ​​what we can do without being sanctioned. It's tough for Lewis but I'm sure he will cope. He has the right to be angry”, recognized Toto Wolff.