An unpleasant incident
During Saturday morning FP3, Lewis Hamilton hardly crashed into the barriers and at Ferrari it was a race against time to replace the floor, gearbox, suspension, and wing to allow the seven-time world champion to appear at the start of qualifying.
The work was excellent and the Englishman secured fifth place in the Spa-Francorchamps qualifying, 0.534 seconds behind Antonelli’s pole and just 0.002 seconds behind teammate Charles Leclerc.
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Hamilton admits some difficulties
The incident in the last free practice left some lingering issues in terms of feeling and setup, as the Englishman told Sky UK: “The car was different, but the guys did a fantastic job repairing the damage after FP3. This morning the car was working great and I felt really confident.”
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Hamilton explained: “I think with the FP3 car I could have been third or something like that. In qualifying I was missing a couple of tenths. The car was not identical to the one then used in qualifying, but I did my best with what I had.”
