Lewis Hamilton drove F1 car with butt cheek in MIDAIR after incident

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Hamilton drove F1 car with butt cheek in MIDAIR

Lewis Hamilton was hanging half in the air after his seat broke in the Bahrain Grand Prix

Shay Rogers

Thursday 7 March 2024 05:00

Lewis Hamilton ended up with his butt hanging in the air as he was left to deal with a broken seat in the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix.

Losing as much as half a second per lap due to a substandard cooling configuration, Mercedeswere much slower in race trim than anticipated but that wasn’t the only problem the seven-time champion had to deal with as he kicked off his swansong season with the Silver Arrows.

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“What I did hear though was that one side of it was completely missing,” she said. “So, it broke and it kind of dropped, it sank.

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“But his body was still on one side of the seat. His left butt cheek was in the air. He said it himself.”

Mercedes will need to find a fix for their seat issues before this week’s Saudi Arabian Grand Prix as they look to bounce back from a poor result.

High-speed circuits like the Corniche Circuit don’t typically suit them, but if they can get their cooling package right, they should be better off than they were in Bahrain.

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