Lewis Hamilton makes his feelings known about a shambolic race execution in the F1 Qatar GP

Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton claimed that the W15 and he don't "get along" well after he finished a disappointing P12 at the end of the 2024 Qatar Grand Prix on Sunday night. The seven-time F1 world champion had an awful race at the Lusail International Circuit given that he lost six positions at the end.

Hamilton's race took a turn for the worse from the start. A false start resulted in a time penalty, and he had already dropped three places. Later, he incurred a drive-through penalty for speeding in the pit lane during a safety car period.

The penalties momentarily put him last on the grid but he made a couple of overtakes to finish P12, behind his former teammate Valtteri Bottas. Speaking with Sky Sports, Lewis Hamilton apologized for multiple excursions in the race and said:

"It just didn’t really go that great but these things happen. Don’t judge me by how many times I fall but I'm going to get up tomorrow and give it another go. The car and I don’t get along really that well."

"But we were very, very far off in the beginning and we didn’t have enough wing in to start with, the cars were quite different and it wasn’t really great to drive. But my fault today so apologies to the team for the false start and then the pit-lane incident," he added.

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Lewis Hamilton previews his final race with Mercedes in Abu Dhabi

Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton stated that his recent string of results did not impact the association he has had with the German team ever since he joined in 2013.

On the team's official website, the 39-year-old mentioned that in his farewell race with the Brackley-based outfit, he hoped for a better result, saying:

"This race weekend hasn’t been great but we have another week next week where we can try and finish a bit better and I hope we do have a better result. These last races don’t have an impact on all of the great things we have done together as a Team."

"Races are a rollercoaster ride of emotions, I’ve had great races in my life and bad races too. Ultimately, it’s not how you fall it’s how you get back up and we will try again next week," added Hamilton.

Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff also echoed similar sentiments, adding that he believed they had "one more to go."

"We will celebrate the relationship and partnership we have had with Lewis and these difficult races will be forgotten quickly," he said.

Lewis Hamilton would be leaving the Mercedes F1 team for Ferrari at the beginning of the 2025 season, having joined the Prancing Horses on a multi-year deal.