“He doesn’t deserve this”– F1 Twitter reacts as Lewis Hamilton gives up on Mercedes W13

Tanish Chachra | 18/06/2022
"He doesn’t deserve this"– F1 Twitter reacts as Lewis Hamilton gives up on Mercedes W13

F1 Twitter reacts to Lewis Hamilton calling his car bad on the first day of the Canadian Grand Prix as porpoising is still an issue.

Mercedes after winning the 2021 season was expected to be at the top once again. But the Silver Arrows started the season on an underwhelming note.

In the first eight races, Hamilton is yet to win a race. The Briton’s car is so uncompetitive that he stands P6 in the drivers’ standings. Coming to Canada this weekend, the seven-time world champion was frustrated with his car.

On Friday, Hamilton was caught saying on camera, “this car is so bad.” The porpoising issue in Mercedes is not only affecting the speed of the car but also affecting drivers’ health.

After the end of the race in Baku, Hamilton had a severe backache, which caused the alarm around the dire effects of porpoising. Now, FIA has instructed teams to lift their cars by 10mm if they can’t curb porpoising.

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F1 Twitter thinks Lewis Hamilton doesn’t deserve this

Hamilton finished the first day in Montreal at P13 in FP2. Seeing his reaction to the performance on Friday, a few fans aren’t happy with what he’s facing.

Hamilton during the press conference claimed that he’s been on painkillers to heal the headaches he’s been getting due to the bouncing. Surely, the FIA’s interference would avoid teams to choose performance over safety.

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Tanish Chachra

Tanish Chachra is the Motorsport editor at The SportsRush. He saw his first race when F1 visited India in 2011, and since then, his romance with the sport has been seasonal until he took up this role in 2020. Reigniting F1's coverage on this site, Tanish has fallen in love with the sport all over again. He loves Kimi Raikkonen and sees a future world champion in Oscar Piastri. Away from us, he loves to snuggle inside his books.

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