Formula 1: Mercedes finished fifth and seventh at the Bahrain GP as Red Bull, Ferrari and even Aston Martin outplayed them in the season opener. Hamilton finished 51 seconds behind the winner Max Verstappen at fifth place.
Formula 1: The Abu Dhabi GP is the final race of the 2022 season of Formula 1. Several teams gave chances to rookie racers in the First Practice. Meanwhile, Mercedes led the FP1 in Abu Dhabi.
The F1 constructors cite breach of two regulations; Articles 48.8 and 48.12 of the FIA Sporting Regulations.
Hamilton attempted to bump him from the pole as the clock wound down on the final qualifying session of the season. But he was .371-seconds slower and will start second in his Mercedes next to his rival.
Hamilton won the 102nd pole of his career, fourth of the season and first since the Hungarian Grand Prix in August. Hamilton trails Verstappen by 14 points in the championship fight with three races remaining.
The intensity of the tightest championship race in years might have derailed a different driver — especially when Hamilton pulled within 1 second on the final lap — but Verstappen thrived under pressure and won his eighth race of the season.
Hamilton wins the Eifel Grand Prix on Sunday after Mercedes teammate Valtteri Bottas suffers DNF from the lead.
Bottas' time beat Hamilton by .256 seconds and Verstappen by .293. Ferrari recovered a little ground after a miserable run of races, with Charles Leclerc qualifying fourth and Sebastian Vettel 11th.
Earlier, Harry Shaw, from Surrey, sent Hamilton, a five-time Formula One World Champion, a good luck message on Instagram from his hospital bed.
Raikkonen's most previous win had been with Lotus at the season-opening Australian Grand Prix in 2013. He'd driven his Ferrari to three second-place finishes this season before Sunday's victory.
The four-time world champ spent much of his time in the Grand Prix chasing his Mercedes teammate Valtteri Bottas around the 21-corner track before finishing second in the season's final race.
Hamilton races his 200th GP on Sunday and trails Vettel by 14 points overall this season.
The four-time F1 champion clocked a best lap of 1 minute, 16.276 seconds, while Raikkonen was .168 behind in front of a large contingent of flag-waving Finnish fans.
The Williams team said in a statement that the 36-year-old Massa went to the Formula One medical centre and then Honvedkorhaz hospital on Friday for "precautionary tests" after feeling "unwell and dizzy" during the second practice session.
Red Bull's Max Verstappen was fourth, followed by Hamilton's teammate Valtteri Bottas and Raikkonen's teammate Sebastian Vettel.
Other Sports News: Hamilton is currently standing at the second spot in F1 standings, just a point behind four-time world champion Sebastian Vettel following 10 races.
Last year, the 27-year-old had signed a one-year deal to replace suddenly-retired Nico Rosberg as Lewis Hamilton's new teammate at Mercedes for the ongoing season.
Hamilton is currently standing at the second spot in F1 standings, just a point behind four-time world champion Sebastian Vettel following 10 races.
Hamilton's victory at Silverstone took him level with Jim Clark and Alain Prost on five wins at the race.
Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton was the fastest to secure the 1st pole position in the British Grand Prix in the final practice.
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