'Team Deserves Better': Lewis Hamilton Gives Brutal Mercedes F1 Take After Poor Italian GP Quali

The Italian Grand Prix 2024 qualifying in Monza saw McLaren dominate once again as Lando Norris raced to Pole position and Oscar Piastri came in at 2nd to confirm a front row lockout for the Papaya outfit. 

McLaren's closest competitor were Mercedes on the night and driver Lewis Hamilton had a chance for pole position but failed to convert and had to settle for P6. Speaking post qualifying, Lewis Hamilton made a bold claim about him and his performances with the team. 

Lewis Hamilton reflects on poor qualifying

Lewis Hamilton's qualifying was going really well as Mercedes did seem to have pace to challenge McLaren for the pole position. Lewis Hamilton was flying on Q2 as he went into Q3 in the first place.

However, a disappointing showing in Q3 meant Lewis Hamilton qualified only P6 in his final race at Monza for the Silver Arrows. To add to Lewis' frustrations, his teammate George Russell qualified P3. 

Reflecting on his qualifying, Lewis Hamilton said that he messed up the qualifying for his team and they deserve much better.

"I’m furious. I could’ve been pole…I just couldn’t do the job at the end. The team deserves better, maybe they’ll get that with Kimi,”  said Lewis Hamilton.  

Also Read | Italian GP: Norris And Piastri Lock Out Front Row For McLaren

Mercedes announced the signing of Kimi Antonelli in the morning of qualifying as the seven time world champion will be ending his legendary partnership with the Silver Arrows at the end of 2024 and go on to join Ferrari from 2025. 

Also Read | Kimi Antonelli Announced As New Mercedes Driver From 2025 Onwards

F1 Italian Grand Prix Qualifying Results

1. Lando Norris (McLaren) - 1:19.327

2. Oscar Piastri (McLaren) +0.109

3. George Russell (Mercedes) +0.113

4. Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) +0.134

5. Carlos Sainz (Ferrari) +0.140

6. Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) +0.186

7. Max Verstappen (Red Bull) +0.695

8. Sergio Perez (Red Bull) +0.735

9. Alex Albon (Williams) +0.972

10. Nico Hulkenberg (Haas) +1.012

11. Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin)

12. Daniel Ricciardo (RB)

13. Kevin Magnussen (Haas)

14. Pierre Gasly (Alpine)

15. Esteban Ocon (Alpine)

16. Yuki Tsunoda (RB)

17. Lance Stroll (Aston Martin)

18. Franco Colapinto (Williams)

19. Valtteri Bottas (Sauber)

20. Zhou Guanyu (Sauber)