We may all remember Lewis Hamilton's bad luck in qualifying on Saturday. The seven-time world champion crashed out of the race in Q1, but in the race he came back from last place to finish fourth.
Although the team's preliminary simulations showed that the maximum available place would have been sixth, Hamilton contradicted expectations, and, according to his former boss, if he had not had such a bad luck in qualifying, he could have won:
"I always try to look at events from an impartial perspective, as an analyst, and from my point of view, if that cone had been on his way, and qualifying had been more favorable, then Lewis would have fought for victory. However, this leaves no trace in me, because we have achieved so many victories and successes together, that what happened now, or what did not happen, does not affect our relationship in any way."
But we have to give him credit for what he has: He competed as world champion in Abu Dhabi. He started from 16th place and, with patience and tactics, managed to get up to fourth place, finishing ahead of the Red Bulls. This is, in my opinion, a world champion performance, without a doubt!” - praised his driver Toto Wolff for the last time.
