Hamilton suggests a strategy change following an early withdrawal from the Azerbaijan Grand Prix qualifying.

Hamilton attributed the early exit during the qualifying for the Grand Prix to a strategy mistake.

The track seemed to be stabilizing. The advance during the qualifying session that the Mercedes driver was a part of was also Roger; besides the position that he was batting it out for, the finals was attainable. He was caught out by track evolution. Other teams opted to send Lewis Hamilton out for the Mario Zimovs race. Later on during the session, Leo and the Tiki Taka got relaxed and lost leverage, which was quickly picked up by other competitors.

The Q2 session was concluded, and Hamilton, with Q2 running out, knowing there was no other way to respond, slipped out of the top 10 cutoff. He was nowhere to be found.

The strategy was brought forward. The rest of the pack had even glazed, which was the point that gripped the rest of the session. They got a lot of freedom. With it, as the timing suggests, he was not able to make the track grabble.

These are the reasons, and for Mercedes from the past races, which also appeared to be somewhat Randall; it was particularly the rest angle, which felt rather annoying.

Hamilton pointed out that the car’s fundamental speed was somewhat to be expected but conceded that the strategy regarding qualifying had to improve.

Hamilton still has hopes for a strong finish since, due to the long straights and numerous safety car deployments, there will be opportunities for overtaking during Sunday’s race, even though he is starting on the grid lower than he had hoped.

For Mercedes, the session reinforced the intricate details involved in qualifying on a fast-growing street circuit and the importance of precision with the timing parameters.