In these races he missed the title

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In the last round of the last race, Lewis Hamilton lost the world title at the expense of Max Verstappen. Where Verstappen has faced bad luck on several occasions during the year, Hamilton can mainly blame himself and his team. Here are the times Hamilton lost the world title.

Emilia Romagna

Lewis Hamilton picked up a nice pole at Imola, but in the rain Verstappen took the lead in the first corner on Sunday. Hamilton continued to run in the rain but made a mistake. The Briton was ultimately saved by an accident involving Valtteri Bottas and George Russell. This caused a red flag and Hamilton could still come back to P2. Lewis hasn’t lost much ground here.

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The biggest blow to Hamilton was in Monaco. Where Verstappen has finished first or second every time he did (except in Hungary where he was damaged by a Bottas error), Hamilton missed the game. Where Bottas was cleared from P3 in the same car behind Max, Hamilton was only P7. In the streets of Monaco, you know it’s going to be very difficult.

Hamilton struggled in the race. Despite the fact that Charles Leclerc would not start from P1 and Bottas retired due to a problem in the pits, Hamilton still finished in P7 as he was passed by Pierre Gasly and Sergio Perez. With Verstappen winning the race, Hamilton lost eighteen points on the fastest lap.

Azerbaijan

Max Verstappen actually suffered the biggest blowout in Azerbaijan, when he suffered a blowout out of nowhere ahead of the race. Hamilton therefore seemed in an ideal position to create a sensation in the standings when P2 resumed. The Briton got off to a better start than Sergio Perez and looked set to take the lead after the first corner.

Hamilton, however, hit a switch on his steering wheel early on, which altered the balance of the brakes. He hit his brake but continued straight on. He therefore fell outside the points. He didn’t lose any points directly to Verstappen, but he should have been eighteen or even twenty-five points ahead of him.

Austria

Just like in Monaco, Hamilton had a lesser weekend in the second race at Spielberg, the Austrian Grand Prix. After Verstappen’s dominating performance in the first weekend, Hamilton was already worried about the second and it showed on the track. He only qualified fourth behind Verstappen, Lando Norris and Sergio Perez.

In the race, things were even worse for Hamilton. While Bottas led to second from fifth on the grid and showed what is possible with the Mercedes car, Hamilton finished fourth. After this race, he was 32 points behind Verstappen in the standings.

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Qualifying in the rain is generally to Hamilton’s advantage, but on the Spa-Francorchamps circuit, Hamilton lost points in qualifying. In Belgium, there would never be a race. The race consisted of three laps behind the safety car, so the result of qualifying was decisive for the points distribution.

Due to the fact that the race was not over, only half of the points were awarded at the end of the weekend. As a result, the damage to Hamilton, who had finished behind George Russell, was less than he had expected. He lost five points against Verstappen.

Conclusion

Where Verstappen has lost many points in Azerbaijan and Hungary due to bad luck, Hamilton cannot look back on his season and point the finger at bad luck. At least until the last race. In Abu Dhabi, Hamilton had a lot of bad luck with several virtual safety cars and even a final stage safety car.

Hamilton and Mercedes need to look at their own performance. Hamilton, unlike Verstappen, had a few bad weekends dropping points that he could have used at the end of the season.

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