this season being the first time lando has had back to back dnfs in his careerโฆ hard to have a shot at defending his title when this is the car heโs got ๐
landoโs season so far: issues in every race weekend, missed practice sessions, a DNS, power unit issues, running out of permitted components before penalties, and back-to-back DNFs.
ALL THROUGH NO FAULT OF HIS.
I mean we are the fourth fastest car so the 4th row is where we deserve to be.
The lock up cost Lando one position but higher than P7 was never on the cards.
andrea stella reveals the cause for landoโs DNF:
โwe had two issues. one was that the car started to overheat, therefore we needed to stop relatively early, which was to clean the radiators, and iโm not sure how clear this was on television. but the stop was actually for reliability problems.
then there was a gearbox problem which was independent of this overheating. this gearbox problem would have happened in all cases, so it was not landoโs day; he would not have finished the race. so if there is a day to have all the problems in a single [race], then this was that day.โ
- takes the lead from p3 on the slowest tyre
- forced to pit, drops to the back
- climbs his way back into the points
- forced to pit AGAIN for reliability
- climbs his way back into the points AGAIN
- engine failure
did everything right & the team let him down AGAIN