After a less-than-good lap, Lewis Hamilton attempted to complete another lap on the same soft compounds to put himself in good position before heading into the final run of Q3 qualifying at the 2022 Formula 1 Austrian Grand Prix .
However, he lost control of his Mercedes at turn 7, locked his tires and ended up crashing into the guards, thus losing his lap and sitting out the rest of the qualifying session with just over five minutes to go before the flag was seen. checkered
This incident caused the red flag and paralyzed qualifying for a few long minutes, specifically until the Red Bull Ring marshals managed to remove the Mercedes W13 of the seven-time world champion from the protections.
This was Hamilton’s accident in qualifying for the 2022 F1 Austrian GP:
As soon as the session resumed, George Russell also crashed at the end of Sector 3 as he began his flying lap for pole position, adding to the drama that his team-mate had started a few minutes earlier.
The young British driver lost control of his W13 in the last corner of the Austrian track and went straight into the protections, seriously damaging the rear of the car and causing the second red flag of the session that left the stopwatch with 2:31 to It remains to be seen which driver would get pole position in this second weekend with a sprint format.
This was Russell’s accident in qualifying for the 2022 F1 Austrian GP:
After making a big step forward at Silverstone, Lewis Hamilton and George Russell were highly motivated at this Austrian GP as they seemed to be on pace very close to that of the top two teams, Red Bull and Ferrari, but sadly their hopes were dashed. ahead of time and in the same way.
