P1racenews AI automatic summary:
“I wanted to do but they said that the warm-up was too long or something like that so we ran out of time and out of fuel, so not great.”
Lewis Hamilton blamed Ferrari’s decision not to put him on fresh tyres for his elimination in Q2 at the 2025 F1 Azerbaijan Grand Prix, where he was knocked out early in a chaotic qualifying session at the Baku City Circuit. This session was disrupted by six red flag stoppages due to various incidents. Unlike his teammate Charles Leclerc, who ran on fresh mediums in Q2, Hamilton was on old soft tyres, and despite improving on his final effort, he failed to make it into Q3. Hamilton revealed that Ferrari denied his request to change tyres, stating he was disappointed with the outcome and that he felt he had the pace to compete for pole. Ultimately, both Hamilton and Leclerc faced setbacks in qualifying, with Leclerc crashing out in Q3 and Hamilton being left to start the race outside the top 10 due to the tyre strategy.
